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THIS BOOK IS 

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TO THE PEOPLE 

NOW LIVING ON EARTH 

WHO DESIRE 

LIFE, LIBERTY AND HAPPINESS 

J. F. RUTHERFORD 






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U -S 1920 



Copyrighted 1920 by 
International Bible Students Association 

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PREFATORY 

Judge J. F. Butherford, 
Brooklyn, N". Y. 
Dear Sir: 

The advance proof pages of your brochure, "Millions 
ISTow Living Will Never Die/' which you kindly allowed 
me to read, have proved to be even more interesting than 
hoped for, and I embrace this early opportunity to 
express to you my sincere appreciation of the work. 

The admirable way in which you have marshalled 
the sayings of the Lord Jesus, of the apostles, and of 
the prophets of old, and supported them by abundant 
secular evidence, all going to show that a time would 
come when millions then living would never die — and 
that we are now living in that time — will inspire hope 
and confidence in the mind of every honest, truth- 
seeking reader. 

As the one who had the esteemed privilege of syndi- 
cating Pastor EusselFs sermons in thousands of news- 
papers- in many lands, I was naturally anxious to know 
how you would treat the prophecies so often referred to 
in Pastor KusselTs sermons. I am glad, indeed, to note 
that you treat the major part of your evidence from the 
standpoint of fulfilled prophecy. For one, I am glad 
that you gathered such an array of evidence to sub- 
stantiate your claims and to show the people, as a basis 
for a worth-while hope, how they may live for ever. 
It will not be necessary for anyone to consider your 
statements as a guess. 

Again thanking you and wishing you rich eternal 
blessings for your labor of love, I subscribe myself as 
Yours in the best of bonds, 

G. C. Driscoll 

Santa Monica, Calif., May 17, 1920. 



TABLE of CONTENTS 

Divine Plan for Human Redemption 8 

Human History Divided into Three Great Epochs 9 

Second Epoch, or World, Now Passing Away 12 

Times of the Gentiles 13 

Our Lord's Testimony as to the Signs of the End 16 

Corroborative Testimony from the Old Testament 19 

Period of Israel's Exile from Palestine „ 22 

Zionism, Its Origin and Purpose 29 

The Balfour Declaration 33 

Jews Rebuilding Palestine 34 

Other Evidences that the World Has Ended 39 

The Interchurch World Movement 45 

Distress and Perplexity World-Wide 57 

Spiritism's Part in Current Events 59 

The League of Nations 62 

Ecclesiastical Remedy for Human Woes _ 63 

The Divine Remedy and Promised Redemption 68 

The Ransomer and the Ransom Price 73 

What It Means to be a Christian 77 

Religious Persecution from the Serpent's Seed 82 

The Incoming Messianic Kingdom 1 85 

Israel's Jubilee System a Type of the Kingdom 87 

Beginning of Reconstruction Work of the New Order 90 

Why Millions Now Living Will Not Die 92 

How to Live Forever 94 

Evidences of Restoration Work 100 

An Appeal to the Clergy 103 



Millions Now Living Will Never Die 



HE emphatic announcement that millions 
now living on earth will never die must seem 
presumptuous to many people ; but when the evi- 
dence is carefully considered I believe that 
almost every fair mind will concede that the 
conclusion is a reasonable one. 

For nearly nineteen hundred years Christians 
have been looking forward to a time coming 1 
when life everlasting will be offered to all the 
peoples of earth. Their expectations and hopes 
have been based upon the combined testimony 
of the inspired prophets of old — from Moses to 
John — upon the testimony of Jesus of Nazareth, 
the Son of the living God, and upon the testi- 
mony of his inspired apostles. 

About 4,000 years ago God made a promise 
to Abraham in which he said that he would bless 
Abraham and through his seed all the families 
of the earth should be blessed. Not only did he 
make this promise, but he bound it with his 
oath; and St. Paul plainly tells us that these 
two things, God's word and oath, are unchange- 
able, and that his promises must be fulfilled. 
Based upon that oathbound promise and sub- 
sequent like promises made to the offspring of 
Abraham, devout Jews of the world have since 
looked forward to the time coming when bless- 

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ings of life and happiness eternal will be offered 
to mankind. 

Today the eyes of orthodox Jews of earth are 
fixed upon Palestine. They are looking np and 
lifting np their heads and the hope is springing 
into millions of hearts that the time is at hand 
for the regathering of the Jews to Palestine 
and the establishment there of a state or govern- 
ment of the Jews and for the Jews, according 
to the divine arrangement. Since the time of 
Abraham they have looked for the Messiah, 
bnt have not yet discerned who constitutes the 
Messiah. 

Life everlasting in a state of happiness is the 
greatest desire of all men. Whether men have 
faith or not in the divine promises, each one 
wonld be glad to know for a certainty that there 
was before him life everlasting in a happy state. 
In view of this strong desire, and of the cumula- 
tive evidence given by the holy men of old con- 
cerning such coming blessings, it seems strange 
that more people have not tried to inform them- 
selves upon the subject. The reason, as assigned 
by the Apostle Paul, is that "the god of this 
world [Satan, the invisible ruler of the present 
social order of things] hath blinded the minds 
of those who are perishing, lest the glorious 
glad tidings of Christ Jesus, who is the image 
of God, should shine into their hearts". — 2 Cor- 
inthians 4:4. 

Many men of ability in the past centuries 
have entered the Christian ministry. The great 



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adversary, knowing their vulnerable points, has 
used others to flatter and cajole them and to 
turn their minds toward worldly things, and 
by far the greater number of these clergymen, 
yielding to the baneful and seductive influence 
of the adversary, have themselves turned away 
from the Bible, and have blindly led the people 
in the wrong direction. They seem to have lost 
sight entirely of the fact that God has a great 
plan which he is causing to work out in an 
orderly, majestic manner. But the hour has 
struck when the people shall know the truth, 
and they that know the truth shall be made free 
from the bondage of ignorance and superstition 
and their minds shall be turned into the channels 
leading to unending joy. 

It is the purpose of the writer to try to turn 
the minds of the people to a careful and prayer- 
ful consideration of the divine promises. It is 
to be deeply regretted that the clergymen would 
oppose an effort to teach the people the Bible 
truths; nevertheless, we find much opposition 
everywhere, and many clergymen will attempt to 
prevent the people from reading what is here 
written. We, therefore, assure the reader that 
we have no ulterior motive in putting out this 
message. It is not propaganda. There is no 
desire nor effort to induce the reader to join 
anything. The motive for this publication is 
wholly unselfish. The writer has but one desire 
and that is to induce the people to read and rely 
upon the divine promises and thus fix their 



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hearts and minds in this hour of distress upon 
mankind ; to comfort those that mourn and point 
them to a better day "which is near at hand. 

We should have in mind that the great, all- 
wise Creator has been now for more than 4,000 
years dealing with certain people, preparatory 
to bringing to every man an opportunity for 
life everlasting. If he whose wisdom is perfect 
would devote so much time and energy to the 
outworking of a great plan, then surely it is 
worthy of the careful and painstaking exam- 
ination and consideration of every man, without 
regard to his creed, religious training, or his 
political view. 

Since the days of Abraham many men of 
unusual intellect not only have diligently studied 
the divine plan, but have devoted their lives to 
having a part in making it known to others. 
There were twenty-four holy prophets, whose 
messages are recorded in the Bible. All of these 
foretold a coming time of great blessings to the 
human race. Their utterances were not their 
own, but they spake as the spirit of Jehovah 
moved upon them. It was impossible for a 
human mind to look down through the corridors 
of the ages and to foretell what the future would 
bring forth ; but these various prophets, guided 
by the all-wise Creator who knew the end from 
the beginning, wrote and spake merely as the 
instruments of God. God never failed in one 
of his promises. He says, "For I am the Lord, 
1 change not". (Malachi 3:6) "There hath not 



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failed one word of all his good promise." (1! 
Kings 8:56) All students of the Bible agree 
that the time must come when every promise of 
Jehovah will be fulfilled. Jehovah does every- 
thing orderly and on time and exactly in his own, *y 
due time, and not man's due time. One day with { -7 
him is as a thousand years and a thousand years I 
as one day ; and what might seem to man a long 
deferred fulfillment of a promise would be to 
God only a question of a very brief space of time. 
All students of the Bible also agree that it has 
pleased Jehovah to divide the social order of 
things existing from the beginning of the world 
into epochs, which epochs we call worlds, and 
which the Lord speaks of as worlds — such a use 
of the word "world" meaning a social order of 
things existing within a given period of time. 
For nearly nineteen centuries students of divine 
prophecy have expected and looked for the world 
to end, because Jesus taught it would end. Many 
Christian men, however, failing to recognize 
the distinction between the symbolic and literal 
phrases of the Bible, have been confused con- 
cerning the end of the world. For instance, the 
great John Calvin taught that upon the happen- 
ing of that event Jesus, reappearing near the 
earth, would cause fire to be emitted from the 
clouds, setting the earth aflame and totally 
destroying it and everything on it. He being a 
clergyman of great renown was supposed to 
have based his conclusions upon a proper 
interpretation of the Bible, and great numbers 



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believed his teaching ; and for this reason, with 
fear and trepidation, many have looked forward 
to the ending of the world. 

Eeason would lead us to the conclusion that 
Jehovah would not create a wonderful earth 
like this, permit man to bring it to a high state 
of cultivation in many places, and then com- 
pletely destroy it. Such is wholly out of har- 
mony with his character. Likewise such is 
wholly out of harmony with the plain teachings 
of his Word, which says: "The earth abideth 
forever". (Ecclesiastes 1:4) "For thus saith 
the Lord that created the heavens ; God himself 
that formed the earth and made it; he hath 
established it, he created it not in vain, he form- 
ed it to be inhabited." (Isaiah 45 : 18) When the 
Bible speaks of the world ending at does not 
mean the literal earth, but it does refer to an 
epoch or dispensation of time during which a 
certain arrangement of things or social order 
exists. In proof of this the Scriptures disclose 
that there was a "world" which existed from the 
time of Eden until the great deluge : "Whereby 
the world that then was, being overflowed with 
water, perished." (2 Peter 3:6) At the end of 
the flood a new "world" began, and the promise 
is made by the same Scriptural writer that it 
shall end. The period of that world is from the 
flood until the coming of Messiah's kingdom, 
and his kingdom is to mark the beginning of 
another new world or new order of things. 

The first world, then, began with the creation 



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of man and ended with the flood. At the time of 
the deluge began the second world, which the 
Scriptures speak of as "the present evil world" ; 
and God clearly foretold that the second world, 
or social order of things, visible and invisible, 
would pass away during a fiery time of trouble ; 
and then would follow the world to come, the 
social order or arrangement of things. St. Paul 
instructs us to "rightly divide the word of truth" ; 
and this means, amongst other things, to apply 
the texts of Scriptures within the period or epoch 
to which they belong; and applying these in 
their proper place, one can discern the orderly 
and majestic forward movement of the divine 
arrangement. 

All students of the Bible further agree that 
just before Jesus was crucified he told his disci- 
ples that he was going away, but that he would 
return again and receive them unto himself, and 
that his second coming would mark the end of 
the world, i. e., the social order of things exist- 
ing at the time he was on the earth. Other 
Scriptures show that at that time the great 
blessing long promised, viz., life, liberty and 
happiness, would be offered to the entire human 
family. 

All students of divine prophecy agree that the 
promises of God made through the prophets 
must have a fulfillment some time, and that the 
time for fulfillment relating to the restoration 
of the human race to life, liberty and happiness 
has its beginning at the end of this world and at 



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the beginning of the new world, i. e., at the time 
when the social order of things existing in 
Jesus' day shall pass away and the new order be 
established. By faith the prophets of old looked 
for that time and hailed its coming as the 
Golden Age, becanse dnring that age the Mes- 
siah shall reign and establish righteousness in 
the earth. 

It must be conceded, then, by all that the first 
important question for our determination is, 
[When does this world end? If we can definitely 
fix this period, then it is an easy matter to deter- 
mine when the divine promises with reference to 
life everlasting will be opened to the world in 
general. We therefore propose to prove in this 
argument that the social order of things, the 
second world, legally ended in 1914, and since 
that time has been and is passing away ; that the 
new order of things is coming in to take its 
place ; that within a definite period of time the 
old order will be completely eradicated and the 
new order in full sway; and that these things 
shall take place within the time of the present 
generation and that therefore there are millions 
of people now living on earth who will see them 
take place, to whom everlasting life will be 
offered and who, if they accept it upon the terms 
offered and obey those terms, will never die. If 
these facts can be established by competent tes- 
timony to the satisfaction of the reasonable 
mind, then every man should hail it with glad- 
ness, every one should be delighted, even though 



Millions Now Living Will Never Die IS 

it upsets his preconceived opinions, formed from 
the study of the creeds and plans of men. We 
invite the reader, therefore, to examine each 
point carefully as here made, compare the argu- 
ment with the Scriptures cited, and view the 
same in the light of present day events which 
are discernible to all eyes, and upon all this evi- 
dence reach a conclusion. Every man should be 
persuaded in his own mind and no man should 
permit himself to be deterred from examining a 
question based upon the Bible because a clergy- 
man or any one else makes the unsupported as- 
sertion that it is dangerous or unworthy of con- 
sideration. Error always seeks the dark, while 
truth is always enhanced by the light. Error 
never desires to be investigated. Light always 
courts a thorough and complete investigation. 
Light and truth are synonymous. They are 
progressive, and "the path of the just is as the 
shining light, that shineth more and more unto 
the perfect day". (Proverbs 4 : 18) The Psalm- 
ist plainly tells us : "Thy word is a lamp unto 
my feet, and a light unto my path". — Psalm 
119:105. 

GENTILE TIMES 

The term Gentile times as used in the Scrip- 
tures designates a period of time during which 
the Gentiles were to govern the peoples of earth. 
At the death of Jacob God organized Israel into 
a nation and dealt with that nation, to the exclu- 
sion of all other nations of earth, for a specific 
time. Time and again they departed from their 



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covenant with Jehovah and he punished them. 
Time and again he warned them against a pun- 
ishment of greater duration unless they profited 
by previous experiences. They had many kings 
— some good, some wicked. Zedekiah was the 
last king, and he became so very wicked that 
God issued this decree against him, saying: 
"Theref ore thus saith the Lord God ; Because ye 
have made your iniquity to be remembered, in 
that your transgressions are discovered, so that 
in all your doings your sins do appear ; because, 
I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall 
be taken with the hand. And thou, profane 
wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when 
iniquity shall have an end, thus saith the Lord 
God; Eemove the diadem, and take off the 
crown : this shall not be the same : exalt him that 
is low, and abase him that is high. I will over- 
turn, overturn, overturn, it ; and it shall be no 
more, until he come whose right it is ; and I will 
give it him."— Ezekiei 21:24-27. 

It is a well-known historical fact that Zede- 
kiah at the time here mentioned was taken 
prisoner by King Nebuchadnezzar and carried 
away to Babylon. Afterward the Israelites were 
permitted to maintain a national existence by 
other nations exercising a supervisory control 
over them, and this condition continued until 
the year A. D. 73. What happened at the time 
of the dethronement of Zedekiah was that the 
crown, or dominion, or ruling authority over 
the peoples of earth, was taken away from the 



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Jews and permitted to be assumed by the Gen- 
tiles. The first universal empire was that of 
Babylon, followed by Medo-Persia, then by 
Greece, and later by Kome; and out of the 
Koman empire have grown all the Gentile 
nations of Christendom. As to how long this 
punishment should be inflicted upon the Jews, 
and therefore how long God would permit the 
Gentiles to have the dominion, is fixed by the 
Scriptures as seven symbolic times. (See Levit- 
icus 26 : 18) A time in the Scriptures is used to 
represent a symbolic year. According to the 
Jewish method of calculation a year is 360 days. 
A day for a year, then, would make each time 
360 years in duration. The seven times would 
be a period of 2520 years, during which the 
Gentiles should have the lease of power, and at 
the end of which their lease of power would 
legally cease to exist. 

The date of Zedekiah's overthrow and the 
establishment of Nebuchadnezzar's Gentile do- 
minion, which was the first Gentile world gov- 
ernment, is definitely fixed both by secular 
history and the Scriptures as B. C. 606. In the 
year A. D. 1, 606 years of the whole period had 
expired. Adding 1914 years to the 606 would 
make a total of 2520 years, therefore bringing 
the period of the Gentiles 7 lease of power or 
dominion to an end in the year 1914. This date 
corresponds with the circumstantial evidence 
proving conclusively when the world would 
begin to end, i. e., when the old order would 



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begin to pass away, and fixes the time for the 
manifestation of Messianic power and the bring- 
ing in of the new order of things. 

By way of illustration, if a man purchases a 
piece of property on which is situated a decayed 
building and upon which lot he expects shortly 
to erect a new structure, the first work in which 
the new owner engages is to clear the lot of the 
decayed building, preparatory to erecting the 
new. By analogy, then, if the old order began to 
pass away in 1914 and Messiah began to exercise 
his power, preparatory to setting up the king- 
dom of righteousness, then we should expect 
that his first work would be the destruction of 
the old systems of unrighteousness. 

We here introduce the testimony of a witness 
whose competency cannot be questioned and 
whose testimony must be accepted as absolutely 
true. This witness is Jesus of Nazareth. To 
orthodox Jews he was a great teacher amongst 
the Jews. To Christians he was not only a 
great teacher, but by them is accepted and rec- 
ognized as the Son of God, the Kedeemer of 
mankind, the Savior of the world, the King of 
glory. He testified that the Jews should be 
trodden down of the Gentiles until the times of 
the Gentiles be fulfilled. (Luke 21: 24) He gave 
to John the Eeveiator instruction as to what 
would take place when that time should arrive 
and when he, the Messiah, should begin to exer- 
cise his kingly power. He pictures the prophets, 
the mouthpieces of Jehovah, as saying con- 



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cerning himself, the Messiah : "We give thanks, 
Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and 
art to come ; because thou hast taken to thee thy 
great power, and hast reigned [exercised regal 
authority]. And the nations were angry, and 
thy wrath is come." — Revelation 11 : 17, 18. 

Here, then, we definitely see that the Gentile 
times ended in the fall of 1914. At that time, 
true to the prophetic statement, the nations did 
become angry and God's wrath has been upon 
the nations since. Every nation under the sun 
has been growing weaker. 

END OF THE WOULD 

Fully corroborative of this testimony, we 
direct attention to the further testimony of 
Jesus set forth in the 24th chapter of Matthew 
only a few days before his crucifixion, to wit, in 
the spring of A. D. 33: "As he sat upon the 
mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him 
privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these 
things be? and what shall be the sign of thy 
presence, and of the end of the world f After 
giving them warning not to be deceived by other 
testimony, the Lord plainly answers their ques- 
tion : "Nation shall rise against nation and king- 
dom against kingdom; and there shall be 
famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in 
divers places. All these are the beginning of 
sorrows." (Matthew 24: 7, 8) In other words, 
he stated that a great world war would ensue, 
in which the nations and kingdoms of the earth 



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should be involved. That great war began ex- 
actly on time, at the end of the Gentile times; 
and there the old order began to pass away. 
The war, involving nearly all the nations of 
earth, continued for about four years, and its 
destructiveness of treasure and human life is 
unparalleled in any other time of man's history. 

It will be noticed that Jesus said this would 
be accompanied by famine. Since the coming 
of the war there has been great distress in the 
world because of the shortage of food. In many 
of the countries of Europe thousands have lit- 
erally starved to death. The food shortage in 
every country on earth is very apparent and the 
cost of living mounts higher and higher. This 
is not due to the fact that the earth is less pro- 
ductive, nor is it due to the fact of man's 
inability to plant and produce more; but it is 
due to the unsettled conditions resulting from 
the world war, which conditions Jesus clearly 
foretold would accompany the war; and it is 
another evidence that 1914 marked the begin- 
ning of the end of the world ; for Jesus plainly 
said, "These are the beginning of sorrows". 

Furthermore, it is observed, Jesus said that 
the war and famine would be accompanied by 
a pestilence. This has been literally fulfilled. 
The Spanish influenza swept over the earth and 
in less than twelve months the victims from that 
dread pestilential disease outnumbered two to 
one of those who died during the great world 



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war in four years; and now this is being fol- 
lowed in the European countries by the direful 
pestilence of typhus, against which the people 
are being warned. 

Again Jesus said that the war, famine and 
pestilence would be followed by earthquakes. 
It was not unusual for Jesus to use symbolic 
language; in fact, he often used symbolic lan- 
guage or dark sayings to conceal the real mean- 
ing until the due time should come. In Biblical 
symbology earthquake means revolution. Fol- 
lowing the war have come famine, pestilence and 
revolutions in many countries — some bloody 
and some bloodless. Russia has experienced her 
revolution and there the Babylonish systems 
have fallen. The same thing has occurred in 
Germany, in Austria and Hungary; and the 
spirit of revolution is rife everywhere. This 
does not mean the end of the trouble, but it does 
mean, according to Jesus' words, that the old 
world legally ended in 1914 and the process of 
removing the worn out systems is now progress- 
ing, preparatory to the inauguration of Mes- 
siah's kingdom. 

CORROBORATIVE TESTIMONY 

It will be interesting here to examine a picture 
that Jehovah caused to be made centuries ago. 
The prophet Elijah was used as a type of the 
true followers of Christ Jesus. His journey to 
Mount Horeb pictures the journey of the true 
Christians down to the time of the end of the 



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world. The Lord directed him to go forth and 
stand on the mountain, picturing the church in 
such a position as to obtain a clear vision of the 
events about to transpire and transpiring. To 
Elijah the Lord said : "Go forth, and stand upon 
the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the 
Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind 
rent the mountains [symbolically representing 
kingdoms] , and brake in pieces the rocks [strong 
parts thereof] before the Lord; but the Lord 
was not in the wind [symbolic of war] : and 
after the wind an earthquake [symbolic of rev- 
olution] ; but the Lord was not in the earth- 
quake : and after the earthquake a fire [symbolic 
of greater troubles] ; but the Lord was not in the 
fire: and after the fire a still small voice/' — 
1 Kings 19:11,12. 

In 1898 Pastor Eussell, the greatest Bible 
student of modern times, commenting on the 
above Scripture, said: 

"The four exhibitions of the Lord, given to Elijah, 
represent, Ave believe, four manifestations in which the 
Lord is about to reveal himself to mankind, the first 
three of which will prepare men for the final one, in 
which will come the desired blessing to all the families 
of the earth. These are: 

"(1) The mighty winds rending the very rocks. 
Blowing winds seem to be used in Scripture for wars. 
The wars, whose dark clouds have threatened the civil- 
ized world so ominously for the past thirty years, have 
been miraculously hindered to give opportunity for 'seal- 
ing' the Lord's consecrated people in their foreheads 



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(intellectually) with the present truth. We are there- 
fore to expect that when these winds of war shall be 
let loose, it will mean a cataclysm of warfare which shall 
divide kingdoms (mountains) — prefigured by the 
mighty wind shown to Elijah (1 Kings 19: 11), which 
rent the rocks. But God's Kingdom will not follow the 
epoch of war ; the world will not thus be made ready for 
the reign of Immanuel. No; a further lesson will be 
needed and will be given. It is represented in 

"(2) An earthquake. Throughout the Scriptures an 
earthquake seems always to represent revolution; and 
it is not unreasonable to expect that an era of general 
warfare would so arouse the lower classes of Europe and 
so discontent them with their lot (and especially with 
the conditions which would follow such a war) that 
revolution would be the next thing in order. (Eevelation 
16: 18) But, severe though those revolutionary experi- 
ences will be to the world, they are not sufficient to pre- 
pare men to hear the voice of God. It will require 

"(3) The fire from heaven — an epoch of divine judg- 
ments and chastisements upon a maddened but uncon- 
verted world, wild in anarchy, as other Scriptures show 
us. The results of their wars, revolutions and anarchy, 
in the failure of their schemes, will have a humbling 
effect, and will prepare mankind for God's revelation 
of himself in 

"(4) The still small voice. Yes; he who spoke to the 
winds and the waves of the sea of Galilee will, in due 
time, 'speak peace to the peoples'. He will speak with 
authority, commanding the observance of his long 
neglected law of love. 'And whosoever will not hear that 
prophet shall be cut of! from among the people/ — Acts 
3 : 23."— The Finished Mystery. 

Every close observer will witness that tliis 



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prophecy has been partially fulfilled and is still 
in course of fulfillment. 

ISRAEL'S DOUBLE 

The Jewish people God used as a typical 
people. Their law foreshadowed better things 
to come in the future. (Hebrews 10:1) Keep- 
ing in mind that prophecy means history written 
in advance, i. e., that the divine mind foreknew 
from the beginning the end and caused the sali- 
ent points to be recorded for the benefit of those 
living at the times when they should happen, let 
us now T examine further the testimony of Jesus 
on this point. He said : "Now learn a parable 
of the fig tree ; When his branch is yet tender, 
and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer 
is nigh: so likewise ye, when ye shall see all 
these things, know that it is near, even at the 
doors". (Matthew 24: 32, 33) The fig tree here 
is symbolic of the Jewish nation. We reach that 
conclusion from what Jesus himself said in curs- 
ing the fig tree a few days before he gave utter- 
ance to the words above quoted. — Matthew 21 : 
19, 20. 

Jehovah, through Jeremiah his prophet, fore- 
told to Israel that the climax of their punish- 
ment would come when he would drive them out 
of the land of Palestine into a strange country, 
where they would have to serve others and be 
oppressed for the same length of time that he 
had shown them his favor, the words of the 
prophet here being : "Therefore will I cast you 



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out of this land into a land that ye know not, 
neither ye nor your fathers ; and there shall ye 
serve other gods day and night ; where I will not 
show you favor. Therefore, behold, the days 
come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be 
said, The Lord liveth, that brought up the chil- 
dren of Israel out of the land of Egypt; but. 
The Lord liveth, that brought up the children 
of Israel from the land of the north, and from 
all the lands whither he had driven them; and 
I will bring them again into their land that I 
gave unto their fathers. Behold, I will send for 
many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish 
them; and after will I send for many hunters, 
and they shall hunt them from every mountain, 
and from every hill, and out of the holes of the 
rocks. For mine eyes are upon all their ways : 
they are not hid from my face, neither is their 
iniquity hid from mine eyes. And first I will 
recompense their iniquity and their sin double ; 
because they have defiled my land, they have 
filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their 
detestable and abominable things." — Jeremiah 
16:13-18. 

Here it is to be seen that God not only foretold 
driving them out and punishing them, but that 
he would ultimately bring them back into Pales- 
tine ; and the length of their punishment would 
be an exact double — a counterpart or duplica- 
tion — of the time during which he had bestowed 
his favor upon them. "First I will recompense 
their iniquity and their sin double." The word 



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double here means duplication or exact counter- 
part. , If we can get the proper location of these 
time features, ascertain where the double began, 
we can very easily determine when God's favor 
should be due to return to the Jews and what 
relation that has to the budding of the fig tree, 
as above stated. 

God is his own interpreter and will make plain 
his plan to those who study to understand it. 
Through the mouth of another prophet he gives 
us the key to the location of the very day of 
the beginning of this double. The prophet 
Zechariah records concerning Jerusalem these 
words: "Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion; 
shout, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy 
king cometh unto thee: he is just, and having 
salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and 
upon a colt the foal of an ass". "Turn you to 
the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even 
today do I declare that I will render double 
unto thee." (Zechariah 9:9,12) This pro- 
phetic statement of the Lord must have a fulfill- 
ment at some time and it is quite evident that 
its fulfillment would mark the date from which 
the double counts. 

PROPHECY FULFILLED 

On the 10th day of Nisan, A. D. 33, corre- 
sponding practically with our month of April, 
Jesus of Nazareth rode into Jerusalem upon an 
ass and offered himself as king to the Jews. St. 
Matthew records the incident in the following 



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words: "And when they drew nigh unto Jeru- 
salem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the 
mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, 
saying unto them, Go into the village over 
against you, and straightway ye shall find an 
ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and 
"bring them unto me. And if any man say ought 
unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of 
them ; and straightway he will send them. All 
this was done that it might be fulfilled which 
was spoken by the prophet, saying, Tell ye the 
daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King cometh unto 
thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt 
the foal of an ass. And the disciples went, and 
did as Jesus commanded them, and brought the 
ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, 
and they set him thereon. And a very great 
multitude spread their garments in the way; 
others cut down branches from the trees, and 
strawed them in the way. And the multitudes 
that went before, and that followed, cried, say- 
ing, Hosanna to the Son of David : Blessed is lie 
that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna 
in the highest."— Matthew 21: 1 - 9. 

Here, then, is a positive statement of the ful- 
fillment of Zechariah's prophecy, and the very 
day of it is fixed ; and so the Lord said, "Today 
I declare that I will render the double unto 
thee". That very day, then, marked the middle 
point in the history of the Jews. It is exceed- 
ingly important, then, to find out how long they 
had been in God's favor. The death of Jacob, 



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when he called his twelve sons before him and 
blessed them, is the beginning of the nation of 
Israel ; therefore the date of the beginning of the 
favor upon Israel. From the death of Jacob 
until the 10th day of Nisan A. D. 33 was 1845 
years. That is to say, on the 10th day of Nisan 
A. D. 33 the double began to count, and from 
that day Palestine began to disintegrate, the 
Jewish nation began to melt away ; and exactly 
forty years from that date Palestine was com- 
pletely depopulated. In other words, a period 
of forty years was occupied by Jehovah from 
the time he began to execute the double until 
Palestine was completely depopulated. As evi- 
dence of this, we cite the following historical 
accounts : 

"It may be proper to mention also what things 
occurred that show the benignity of that all- 
gracious Providence, that had deferred their 
destruction for forty years after their crimes 
against Christ/' (Eusebius' Ecclesiastical His- 
tory) "On the 15th day of Nisan, i. e., of April, 
in the year 73 A. D., the first day of the Easter 
festival, the same day on which, according to 
tradition, the God of Israel had led his people 
out of Egyptian bondage into freedom, the last 
bulwark of Israel's liberty had fallen, and Israel 
was delivered into bondage/' (Cornil's History 
of the People of Israel) "Masada attained great 
importance in the war with the Romans. • . . 
With the fall of Masada the war came to an end, 
on the 15th of Nisan, 73/' (The Jewish Encyclo- 



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pedia) "The capture of Masada, a Jewish for- 
tress on the southwestern shores of the Dead 
Sea, put a termination to one of the fiercest 
struggles recorded in history (73 A. D.)." (Mor- 
rison's Jeivs Under Roman Rule) "Judea was 
not entirely subjugated; for three strong for- 
tresses were still in arms : Herodium, Machae- 
rus, and Masada. . . . The heroes agreed to this 
proposal (of their leader Eleasar) even with 
enthusiasm, and on the first day of the great 
Feast of the Passover (A. D. 73), after slaying 
their own wives and children, they all perished 
on their own swords/' (Graetz's History of the 
Jews, Vol. 2) "Eleasar accordingly persuaded 
all his people during that night to kill their 
wives and children and then themselves, but to 
burn all their treasures first. The next day the 
Eomans found only 960 dead bodies, whilst but 
two women and five children hid themselves in 
caverns and were discovered. The Easter of the 
year 73, just seven years from the beginning of 
the great movement and forty years after 
Christ's crucifixion, saw this end "of the whole 
tragedy." (Ewald's History of Israel, Vol. 7) 
The historian Josephus corroborates these dates. 

DOUBLE BEGINS TO END 

The double began to count, as stated, in the 
spring of the year A. D. 33 ; and since the period 
of favor had been 1845 years, the period of pun- 
ishment should likewise be 1845 years. Then 
adding 1845 years to A. D. 33 brings us to 1878 ; 



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and on the latter date, if our calculations be cor- 
rect, we should find, according to the parallel or 
double, that some time during the year 1878 
there should be some marked beginning of God's 
favor returning to the Jew. In other words, 
here should begin the budding of the symbolic 
fig tree, which ought to be specially marked forty 
years later, viz., in 1918, if this parallel is car- 
ried out. 

FAVOR BEGINS TO RETURN 

In the summer of 1878, exactly on time and 
when we should look for God's favor to return 
to the Jew, we find there transpired a certain 
event of the greatest importance that had hap- 
pened to Jewry in more than 1800 years. I quote 
from the Jewish Encyclopedia, which is a recog- 
nized authority: "Russia, at war with Turkey, 
was successful, and by the treaty of San 
Stephano practically effaced Turkey from 
Europe. Lord Beaconsfield, a Jew, came into 
power in 1874. As Premier of Great Britain 
Beaconsfield sent the English fleet into the Dar- 
danelles and brought Indian troops to Malta 
and made a demonstration against Russia. She 
yielded and agreed to a discussion of the whole 
affair at Berlin. Accordingly from June 13 to 
July 13, 1878, the Berlin Congress was held. 
Beaconsfield compelled Russia to greatly modify 
her treaty. Turkey was enfranchised and made 
independent, but upon condition that civil and 
religious rights be granted to the Jews. This 



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had an important bearing on the history of the 
Jews." 

Other authorities state that Beaconsfield pre- 
sided at that Congress, wrote the treaty and 
was the leading factor. As you well know, his 
real name was D'Israeli, a thorough, full-blooded 
Jew, the first and only Jewish prime minister 
Great Britain has ever had. From that time on 
the favor of the Lord began to be shown again 
to the Jewish people. According to the parallel 
we should expect God's favor to increase toward 
the Jews from 1878, and should have some spe- 
cial climax in the year 1918. 

ZIONISM 

For many centuries there have been repeated 
efforts to destroy the Jews, all of which have 
failed. God never intended that they should be 
destroyed and they never shall be destroyed. 
Their persecutions have held them together as 
a people and increased their longing desire for 
a home in the land of their fathers. In dealing 
with his people God always raises up a man at 
the opportune moment and often the man who 
proves his faithfulness to the task imposed upon 
him dies a martyr to the cause. In times past 
Jehovah has proven his purpose of making the 
wrath of man to praise him, and every one who 
has suffered for a righteous cause will in due 
time receive a reward for his faithfulness to the 
principles of truth and righteousness. 

In 1860 there was born in Budapest a Jewish 



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child who grew to manhood's estate. Choosing 
first the law as a profession, he soon embraced 
journalism and forged to the front amongst the 
journalists and writers of the world. His heart 
was torn and bleeding because of the wicked and 
unjust persecution of his kinsmen, the Jewish 
people, which led to the formation in his mind 
of a scheme for their relief. In 1896 he gave 
expression to this scheme in his splendid paper, 
A Jewish State) and there many Jews of the 
world began to awaken to the fact that their 
cause had found a champion in this man. When 
first A Jewish State appeared, his office assistant 
wept, because he thought the author had lost his 
mind ; but as the import of this paper was con- 
sidered, it was hailed as a message of deliver- 
ance by many of the oppressed Jews of the 
world. He spent his life in the interest of the 
cause and his last words were : "Greet Palestine 
for me ; I have given my life for my people." 

Today the name Theodor Herzl is a household 
word amongst the Jews of earth and the time 
will come when the peoples of earth, Jew and 
Gentile, wall recognize that Theodor Herzl was 
raised up at the opportune moment to give birth 
to Zionism, which is destined to succeed beyond 
the dreams of its originator. 

CAUSE FOR ZIONISM 

What was the inducing cause for the forma- 
tion of Zionism? Was it due to the prosperity 
of the Jews f No, indeed. Let the beloved Herzl 



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answer: "The scheme in question [Zionism] 
included the employment of an existent propel- 
ling force. Everything depends on our propel- 
ling force. And what is our propelling force? 
The miseries of the Jews," 

If we find that God foreknew the condition of 
misery of the Jews and permitted it to prepare 
the Jews for the Zionistic movement in order 
that they might be turned back to their home- 
land, will not that strengthen faith in the prom- 
ises of Jehovah concerning what will be the 
ultimate result % "And I will cause them to pass 
over with thy enemies into a land which thou 
knowest not ; for a fire is kindled in my anger, 
over you shall it burn." "Therefore will I hurl 
you out of this land into the land of which ye 
had no knowledge, neither ye nor your fathers ; 
and there shall ye serve other gods by day and 
by night ; so that I will not grant you any favor. 
Behold, I will send for many fishermen, saith 
the Lord, and they shall fish them; ana after 
that will I send for many hunters, and they 
shall hunt them from every mountain, and from 
every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks." 
"And thou shalt become an astonishment, a 
proverb, and a by-word, among all the nations 
whither the Lord will lead thee." — Jeremiah 15 : 
14 ; 16 : 13, 16 ; 24 : 9 ; Deuteronomy 28 : 37. 

DEVELOPMENT OF ZIONISM 

Officially organized in 1897, Zionism has ad- 
vanced year by year. The first congress held in 



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Basle, Switzerland, in that year was attended 
by 206 delegates, only a handful of Jews; 
whereas today Zionism has its organization in 
every part of the world where there are Jews 
and there are some of them almost everywhere. 
Large sums of money have been raised and 
expended in the establishment of many agricul- 
tural settlements. Scientific methods have been 
employed in agriculture. Schools have been 
established, and the foundation of the great 
Hebrew University has been laid on the Mount 
of Olives. The organization of colonies is pro- 
gressing. Jews are acquiring the land in Pales- 
time and building houses ; waste lands are being 
reclaimed and gradually the nation is rising. 

DOUBLE FULFILLED 

When Zionism was organized, among other 
things the first congress declared that its aim 
was and is the procuring of such government 
sanctions as are necessary in the achievement 
of the objects of Zionism. 

As above noted, the favor of God began to 
return to the Jews in 1878 and according to the 
prophetic double foretold by the Lord's proph- 
ets, forty years later, or in 1918, there should be 
some marked and special manifestation of God's 
favor toward the Jew. The Jewish year begins 
in the autumn ; therefore November, 1917, would 
be in fact the beginning of 1918. In 1917 the 
Allied armies drove back the Turk and took pos- 
session of Palestine. On November 2, 1917, or 



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about the second month of the Jewish year 
1918, Great Britain officially recognized Zion- 
ism, as appears from the following : 

"Foreign Office, Nov. 2nd, 1917. 
"Dear Lord Eothschild: 

"I have much pleasure in conveying to yon on behalf 
of His Majesty's Government, the following declaration 
of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations, which has 
been submitted to, and approved by, the Cabinet : 

" f His Majesty's Government view with favor the 
establishment in Palestine of a National Home for the 
Jewish people, and will nse their best endeavors to facil- 
itate the achievement of this object, it being clearly 
understood that nothing shall be done which may preju- 
dice the civil and religious rights of existing non- Jewish 
communities in Palestine, or the rights and political 
status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.' 

"I should be grateful if you would bring this declara- 
tion to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation. 
"Yours sincerely, 

"Arthur James Balfour." 

Within the year 1918 ten nations of earth, in- 
cluding Great Britain and the United States, 
gave official endorsement of the establishment of 
a Jewish homeland in Palestine. It was in the 
spring of 1918, about the anniversary of the 
deliverance of the children of Israel from Egypt, 
exactly forty years from the time when the favor 
began to return to the Jew T , that a commission in 
charge of Dr. Chaim Y\ 7 eizmann, with full 
authority from the British Government, sailed 
from London to Palestine, clothed with authority 



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looking to the establishment of a Jewish com- 
monwealth in Palestine. Thus we see that the 
double was fulfilled exactly on time, as God had 
foretold through the mouth of his prophets. 

FURPOSE OF ZIONISM 

The first Zionist congress, convened at the in- 
stance of the much beloved Theodor Herzl, made 
a clear declaration as to its purpose and that 
program has never been altered. The purpose 
is thus stated: 

"Zionism aims to create a publicly secured, legally 
assured home for the Jewish people in Palestine. 

"In order to attain this object, the Congress adopts 
the following means: 

" ( 1 ) The promotion of the settlement in Palestine of 
Jewish agriculturists, handicraftsmen, industrialists, 
and men following professions. 

"(2) The federation and association of entire Jewry 
by means of local and general institutions in conformity 
with the local laws. 

"(3) The strengthening of Jewish sentiment and 
national consciousness. 

"(4) The procuring of such government sanctions as 
are necessary for achieving the objects of Zionism." 

JEWS REBUILDING PALESTINE 

The Jews are not only laying a foundation of 
a state in Palestine, but they are putting in 
operation great schemes for improving the coun- 
try by means of rapid transit systems, systems 
of irrigation, the building of houses, establishing 
of schools, and a great university at Jerusalem, 



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and many other things. We cite a few of these 
events that have appeared in the public press : 

Special Bulletin No. 469, issued by the Zionist 
Organization of New York City, states that the 
average rainfall in Palestine is twenty-six inches, 
and that this water stored up in Palestine would 
be sufficient to support a population of 15,000,- 
000 people. The present population is 600,000. 
It further states that from the spring sixteen 
miles south of Jerusalem great quantities of 
water are flowing into the city. The public 
press announces gigantic irrigation schemes 
which, if carried out, will supply all Palestine 
with an abundance of water for irrigation and 
other purposes. 

The Zionist Bulletin, under date of February 
25, 1920, says: 

"One million seven hundred thousand eucalyptus and 
other kinds of forest trees are to be planted on an area 
of 21,125 dunams. 

"In Merchavia 20,000 eucalyptus trees are to be 
planted, in connection with the sanitation of the settle- 
ment, on 200 dunams. 

"In Kinereth and Daganiah 42,000 eucalyptus and 
other kinds of forest trees are to be planted on 175 
dunams on the slopes of the mountain, the farm of 
Kinereth, the banks of the Jordan and the shores of 
Lake Kinereth. 

"In Bensehemen about 70,000 trees are to be planted 
on 230 dunams. 

"In Hulda 425,000 trees are to be planted on 140 
dunams. 

"In Ber-Tobiah (Kastinie) 27,000 trees are to be 



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planted on 380 dunams, apart from those already 
mentioned above. 

"In the surrounding of the colony of Chederah 50,000 
trees in all, mostly eucalyptus trees, are to be planted 
on 1,000 dunams." 

A special bulletin dated March 1, 1920, says : 

"Three thousand school children of Jerusalem, cele- 
brating the Jewish Arbor Day recently, planted 500 
trees in the suburbs of the Holy City, inaugurating the 
afforestation program of the Zionists to plant one million 
trees this year in Palestine, according to a report from 
the Zionist Commission in Jerusalem. 

"During 1919, 369,000 trees were planted in the 
effort to restore Palestine's forests, wantonly destroyed 
by Turkish misrule and by the war. The afforestation 
of Palestine, because of its importance in the agricul- 
tural rejuvenation of the country and in providing lum- 
ber for construction work of the future, is considered 
one of the biggest reconstruction projects that the Zion- 
ists are attempting in the Holy Land." 

Another special bulletin, under date of March 
26, 1920, says: 

"For ten years this struggle was kept up, entirely by 
Jewish labor. Today this once barren soil is covered 
with forests of olive and almond trees, 150,000 olive 
and 10,000 almond trees. Last year 100,000 pounds of 
almonds were sold, which together with the proceeds 
obtained from the sale of hides and wool from the exten- 
sive raising of cattle and sheep, produced a net profit of 
15 per cent, on the original investment." 

It is of the keenest interest to all thoughtful 
persons to note that these activities of the Zion- 
ists were foretold by God's prophet more than 
2,500 years ago, who wrote: "I will open on 



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naked mountain-peaks rivers, and in the midst 
of valleys fountains; I will change the wilder- 
ness into a pool of water, and the dry land into 
springs of water. I will place in the wilderness 
the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the oil- 
tree ; I will set in the desert the fir-tree, the pine 
and the box-tree together; in order that they 
may see, and know and take (it to heart), and 
comprehend together, that the hand of the Lord 
hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath 
created it." — Isaiah 41 : 18 - 20, Leeser. 

"THEY SHALL BUILD HOUSES" 

At the Zionist Executive Council held Febru- 
ary 16, 1920, at London, Dr. Ruppin in the 
debate proposed the founding of a large society 
which should begin to build houses for workers 
as rapidly as possible. And even now in parts 
of Palestine houses are rapidly undergoing con- 
struction for the benefit of the constant flow of 
Jewish population returning to the land. Again 
we find that this is clearly in fulfillment of 
prophecy written long ago for the purpose of 
encouraging the Jews to have faith in the prom- 
ises of the Lord. The houses now built are not 
in the interest of profiteers, nor will the owners 
be permitted to oppress those who live in them; 
but the owners shall live in them as their own 
homes, as the prophet of the Lord foretold: 
"They shall build houses, and inhabit them ; and 
they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of 
them. They shall not build, and another in- 



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habit; they shall not plant, and another eat; 
for as the days of a tree are the days of my 
people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work 
of their hands. They shall not labor in vain, 
nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the 
seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their off- 
spring with them/' — Isaiah 65 : 21 - 23. 

Thus the testimony definitely establishes the 
fact that God's favor has returned to the Jew; 
that the parallel is fulfilled ; that the fig tree is 
putting forth its leaves, according to the promise 
—all of which Jesus said would take place at the 
end of the world. 

EVENTS OP NOAH'S DAY 

Jesus did not leave us to make a decision 
upon the happening of one event, but he enu- 
merated several things that would transpire 
during the period when the world is ending. He 
stated that as it was in Noah's day, so would it 
be at the end of the world. "As the days of 
Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son 
of man be. For as in the days that were before 
the flood they were eating and drinking, marry- 
ing and giving in marriage, until the day that 
Noah entered into the ark, and knew not until 
the flood came, and took them all away ; so shall 
also the coming of the Son of man be." — Matt- 
hew 24: 37 -39. 

The first world ended with the flood. One 
hundred and twenty years before the flood God 
instructed Noah to prepare for it, that he might 



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save himself, and to preach to the people con- 
cerning the approaching end. In Noah's day the 
people pursued their usual and customary 
course of action and were wholly indifferent and 
oblivious to the fact that the old order of things 
was about to pass away in a great flood. So 
likewise today the mass of humanity, pursuing 
its usual way, is wholly oblivious to and entirely 
ignorant of the great transition period we are 
now in. 

In Noah's day while he was preaching to the 
people concerning the coming end of the world 
many scoffed at him, jeered him and mocked 
him, and thereby testified to their ignorance 
concerning the events that were about to occur. 

Mark the parallel in events now transpiring. 
Shortly after the capture of Palestine by the 
Allied armies a number of good ministers of the 
gospel met in London and issued the following 
manifesto, as appears from a London press 
report : 

"The following manifesto was recently issued by a 
number of England's most noted ministers: 

" 'First — That the present crisis points toward the 
close of the times of the Gentiles. 

" 'Second- — That the revelation of the Lord may be 
expected at any moment, when he will be manifested as 
evidently as to bis disciples on the evening of his resur- 
rection. 

"Third — That the completed church will be trans- 
lated, to be "forever with the Lord". 

"'Fourth—That Israel will be restored to its own 



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land in unbelief, and be afterward converted by the 
appearance of Christ on its behalf. 

" 'Fifth — That all human schemes of reconstruction 
must be subsidiary to the second coming of our Lord, 
because all nations will be subject to his rule. 

"'Sixth — That under the reign of Christ there will 
be a further great effusion of the Holy Spirit on all flesh. 

" 'Seventh — That the truths embodied in this state- 
ment are of the utmost practical value in determining 
Christian character and action with reference to the 
pressing problems of the hour/ 

"This remarkable statement was signed by A. C. 
Dixon and F. B. Meyer, Baptists; George Campbell 
Morgan and Alfred Byrd, Congregationalists ; William 
Fuller Gouch, Presbyterian; H. Webb Peploe, J. Stuart 
Holden, Episcopalians ; Dinsdale T. Young, Methodist. 

"These' are well-known names, and are among the 
world's greatest preachers. That these eminent men, 
of different denominations, should feel called upon to 
issue such a statement is of itself exceedingly signifi- 
cant" 

It is to be regretted that the ministers above 
mentioned do not represent the sentiment of the 
majority of clergymen in the world. To all peo- 
ple who think, it is apparent that there are two 
classes of ministers in the world : the good and 
the bad, the honest and the dishonest, the faithful 
and the unfaithful. This same rule applies to 
almost any profession. But amongst all the 
professions of the world, the man who occupies 
the position of a minister of the gospel is hon- 
ored above all others from the divine standpoint, 
because he is supposed to deal with things per- 
taining to the Word of God. A faithful fulfill- 



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ment of his commission, then, puts him in the 
honorable roll from God's viewpoint. On the 
other hand, a man who assumes the title of a 
minister of the gospel and who yields to the 
flattery of the world and for this reason disre- 
gards the plain teachings of the Bible and leads 
the people into error is himself a dishonor to the 
ministry and a menace to the welfare of human- 
ity. No honest minister will take issue with 
me upon this point. Any one who insists that 
this is not true at once puts himself in the cate- 
gory of the bad class. Let each one, then, apply 
the measuring rod to himself and see which 
class he is in. And if he sees he is in the wrong 
one, he will if he is honest get into the right 
class as quickly as possible. 

An enterprising newspaper man presented a 
copy of the foregoing manifesto to all the lead- 
ing clergymen of one of the metropolitan cities 
of America; and their action is an illustration 
of how the majority have regarded the matter. 
Invariably they scoffed at the thoughts therein 
expressed; and many of them answered, "It is 
nonsense to talk about the world coming to an 
end. That event will not happen for 50,000 
years or more. This war is like any other war 
and these troubles upon earth signify nothing." 

For more than forty years Pastor Eussell, a 
faithful, consecrated Christian, proclaimed to 
the people by word of mouth, through the pub- 
lic press and through his books, that 1914 would 
mark the end of the Gentile times; that the 



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world would begin to end at that time, and that 
Messiah's kingdom would shortly f ollow. A few 
ministers here and there joined with him in the 
proclamation, but the majority of them scoffed 
at him and said all manner of evil against him 
because of his faithful proclamation of the mes- 
sage. The inspired witness of the Lord corro- 
borated his statement that there would be sco ti- 
ers at this time who would oppose the testimony 
divinely provided, saying : "There shall come in 
the last days scoffers, walking after their own 
lusts [selfish desires], and saying, Where is the 
promise [proof] of his coming? for since the 
fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they 
were from the beginning of creation. For this 
they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word 
of God . . . the heavens [invisible ruling pow- 
ers] and the earth [social order of things], which 
are now, . . . are kept in store, reserved unto 
fire [destructive trouble] against the day of 
judgment and perdition of ungodly men/' — 2 
Peter 3:3-7. 

The clear fulfillment of the above prophetic 
statement ought to be sufficient to convince any 
reasonable and thoughtful mind that we are now 
passing through the transition period from the 
old to the new order of things. 

Concerning this same subject, the great Mas- 
ter further said: "The sun [shall] be darkened, 
and the moon shall not give her light, and the 
stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of 
the heavens shall be shaken". (Matthew 24: 29) 



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These dark sayings or symbolic words of Jesus, 
as shown in the light of other Scriptures, mean 
this: The sun represents the gospel of Jesus 
Christ and him crucified, the philosophy of the 
great ransom sacrifice. The moon pictures or 
symbolizes the Mosaic law covenant arrange- 
ment, which foreshadowed the development of 
God's plan in both the Gospel and Millennial 
ages. And the stars symbolize exalted ones, 
teachers of the divine Word. 

In fulfillment of this prophecy of the Lord 
everybody has witnessed during the past decade 
a great falling away of clergymen from the 
plain gospel of Christ Jesus and him crucified. 
In Xovember, 1917, there assembled in Carnegie 
Hall, Xew York, ministers of the Jewish, Pro- 
testant and Catholic faiths, to discuss a common 
basis for action. In all that meeting the name of 
Jesus as the great Eedeemer was not mentioned. 
There was a decided tendency to unite upon 
questions relating to civil or political affairs, 
but the great doctrines of the truth taught by 
the apostles and prophets became darkened and 
were ignored. One speaker at that convention 
said : "Here are three steps which we may take : 
( 1) the preparation of a book of selections from 
the Bible by an interdenominational com mi ssion 
appointed by the legislature or by the Board of 
Eegents for use in the schools ; (2) the formula- 
tion of a plan for non-proselyting cooperation 
between the schools and the various denomina- 
tions, to the end that every child may have its 



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democratical and its religious instruction; (3) 
the granting of Eegents' credits for serious 
work and Bible study outside of the schools." 

This plan was enthusiastically adopted. 
Another speaker, Dr. Finley, at that convention 
said, as appeared in the public press : "The time 
is come for Protestants, Catholics, Jew and Gen- 
tile, to cooperate to the end that every child 
may have an intimation at least of his moral and 
religious inheritance". 

As further evidence, the Interchurch World 
Movement has united in action but absolutely 
ignored the doctrines of the truth. Their state- 
ment, which appeared in a bulletin issued in 
January, 1920, says: "We believe the time is 
fully ripe for such unity of action on the part 
of united Protestantism that, without attempt- 
ing to solve the problems arising from divergent 
and conscientiously held points of view on mat- 
ters of doctrine and policy, the churches are 
ready for a common program of activity". 

In other words, they are ignoring the great 
fundamental truths of Christianity foreshad- 
owed by the typical sacrifices and made certain 
by the one great sacrifice of Jesus, the selection 
of the church and through the church the restor- 
ation of the world during the reign of Christ — ■ 
clearly in fulfillment of the Master's words. 

The stars, here representing the teachers of 
spiritual things, are pictured as falling; there- 
fore representing that men who have claimed to 
teach the divine Word have fallen to the com- 



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mon level of ordinary world politics. As to the 
character of the Interchurch World Movement 
and showing that the purpose is not in harmony 
with the divine plan and that it is ignoring the 
plain purpose of Jesus and the apostles, we 
quote language recently uttered by some of the 
leading figures in it. Dr. J. Campbell White, 
Associate Greneral Secretary of the Movement, 
according to the public press recently said : "To 
carry out the new program of the cooperative 
churches it will require 100,000 new employed 
leaders during the next five years. They must 
be college graduates. An outlay of from $250,- 
000,000 to $300,000,000 will be required to finance 
this program during 1920, and it is proposed to 
raise it during the week of April 25 to May 2 ; 
one-third of the money to be devoted to educa- 
tion, another third to Americanization and a 
third to reaching the billion persons in the non- 
Christian world. The world will be ruled by 
the forces of Christianity in twenty years." 

This Interchurch World Movement is what its 
name really implies, to wit, the world moving 
the churches, or the churches moving in the way 
of the world. The movement is really organized 
in the interest of big business and political 
forces. As evidence of this we cite the following 
from the Interchurch Bulletin of recent date : 

"George W. Wickersham, formerly United States at- 
torney general, says in an interview that there is nothing 
incompatible between Christianity and modern business 
methods. A leading lay official of the Episcopal Church 



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declares that what the churches need more than anything 
else is a strong injection of business methods into their 
management. 

"To the missionary China owes her expertness in 
printing, as well as cotton and fruit agriculture. 

"Siam has become proficient in tanning leather 
through the scientific aid of missionaries. 

"Brazil and India have increased the food production 
of their soils through the guidance of men of the mis- 
sions. 

"Japan is richer through the introduction of Ameri- 
can fruit trees by the advance agents of Christianity and 
progress. 

"Natives of South Africa, formerly unemployed, now 
earn wages in sugar plantations and in the cultivation of 
cocoa beans, introduced by missionaries." 

The Reverend David Carnegie in the Toronto 
Globe says : 

"The Church, on this side of the Atlantic, at any rate, 
has taken sides with the employing and governing classes 
because of self-interest. She has been disloyal and 
faithless to the charge committed to her, but, in spite 
of all, she remains the one great avenue through which 
all that Christianity, stands for is expressed. She alone 
has the . spiritual message for the regeneration of in- 
dustry. 

"How can the Church discover and use the secret of 
her power ? She has to discover that society and indus- 
try are inseparably linked together, that underlying 
both are fundamental principles of which she is the 
exponent." 

Why do men who claim to be ministers of the 
divine Word so dishonor the profession and 
link hands with big business and politics? The 



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real reason is that they have lost their faith 
in God and in his Word, the Bible. They are 
seeking prestige and power from human sources 
and not divine approval. As evidence of this 
we quote from the Chicago Herald and Exami- 
ner of recent date: 

"Methodist ministers were told yesterday that the 
theological schools of America are drifting away from 
the teachings of Christ, and that the Bible is no longer 
regarded by many preachers as the standard of faith. 

"Dr. Henry Paul Sloan of the New Jersey annual 
conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church spoke at 
the ministers' meeting held at First Church, Clark and 
Washington streets, on the course of study required by 
the church for every minister. He said twenty-five an- 
nual conferences had sent a petition to the coming gen- 
eral conference to be held at Des Moines next May, 
demanding the course be revised. 

" 'Many Methodist ministers disbelieve some of the 
fundamental conceptions of Christianity and teach the 
higher criticism, which is destructive of the foundations 
of evangelical belief/ said the speaker." 

Occasionally we find a minister of the gospel 
who has the courage to tell some of his brethren 
of the ministry the truth concerning the present 
condition. We quote the Reverend William 
Allan, as reported by the New York American: 

" 'One reason why there is so much cause for com- 
plaint about poor attendance at most churches is because 
the Lord is not among us. In too many cases Christ is 
on the outside seeking to get in, while we are proud of 
the large sums of money we are able to raise by our 



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great mass movements, acting all the time as if silver 
and gold could take the place of spiritual power and 
the grace of God, both of which only come when the 
Lord is among ns. When he is among us "it will be 
noised abroad that he is in the house" and the world will 
once more flock to the place where Jesus is. 

" f Oh, for a return of the old days, with the Lord in 
the midst of the assembly of his people, directing and 
dominating the manifold activities of the church P " 

It is gratifying to see now and then some 
Christian paper courageously telling the truth. 
In an article concerning the Interchurch World 
Movement, the Christian Leader of Cincinnati 
editorially says : 

"Any effort to secure apparent unity in sentiment and 
organization apart from the doctrine of Christ is wholly 
unworthy of the indorsement of any one who professes to 
acknowledge the sovereignty of our Lord and Savior. 
Neither the unity for which he so fervently prayed, nor 
the organization which meets his approval, nor the spirit 
of his life, can be obtained by rejecting the doctrine of 
Christ. The spirit and life of the Christ can not be man- 
ifest in the individual or in the organization of individ- 
uals unless there first be the doctrine of Christ. All talk 
therefore about accomplishing a union in spirit and or- 
ganization without appealing to all to obey the gospel of 
Christ, is a cheat, a fraud, a deception, a device of Satan 
to deceive the unwary. It is a conglomerate farcical 
inion for the purpose, chiefly, to bring the church of 
Christ into a compromising position and thus break the 
force of the distinctive gospel which she preaches, or to 
make her so odious in the sight of all denominationalists 
for not uniting in the Movement that all will shun her." 



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WALL STREET'S SUNDAY CLOTHES 

It will be interesting to note the names of 
some men mentioned in the public press as 
prominently connected with the Interchurch 
World Movement and the corporations in which 
these gentlemen are officially interested and the 
capital represented by the corporations. Under 
the name of each we mention the names of the 
corporations with which connected, opposite 
which are set the assets of the respective corpo- 
rations, as far as known : 

Alfred E. Marling 

President, New York Chamber of Commerce.... 

Horace S. Ely & Co 

Chairman, Board of Directors of Advisory 

Council of Real Estate Interests 

Associates Land Co 

Bond & Mortgage Guarantee Co 

President, Chamber of Commerce of the State 

of New York _ 

Columbia Trust Co $121,100,000 

Commercial Union Assurance Co 1,607,578 

Fifth Avenue Bank of New York 21,306,000 

Fulton Trust Co. of New York 8,780,000 

Hanover Fire Insurance Co 5,840,184 

Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York 673,714,294 

New York Life Insurance & Trust Co 33,958,000 

Sailor's Snug Harbor..— „ „. 

George W. Wickersham 
Law firm of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft.. 
American Hawaiian Steamship Co $5,000,000 

Alexander E. Ftcol 

Agwi Oil Co.- 

Agwi Pipe Lines Co 

Agwi Refining Co. 

Atlantic Gulf & West Indies Steamship Lines.. $39,754,800 
Atlantic Gulf Oil Corporation 20,000,000 



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Carolina Terminal Co.... 100,000 

Clyde Steamship Co 7,000,000 

Clyde Steamship Terminal Co 100,000 

International Shipping Corporation 100,000 

Mallory Steamship Co 7,000,000 

Mexican Navigation Co 5,000,000 

New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Co 10,000,000 

New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co. of New 

York 50,000 

New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co. of 

Maine 5,000,000 

San Antonio Co „.. 50,000 

San Antonio Docking Co 1,000 

Santi ago Terminal C o 

Scandinavian Trust Co 34,264,000 

Seventy-Sixth Street Co 

Southern Steamship Co 90,000 

Summit Estates Co 

United States & Porto Rico Navigation Co 2,000 

Wilmington Terminal Co 100,000 

Cleveland H. Dodge 

Phelps Doclge Corporation $45,000,000 

Alamogordo & Sacramento Mountain Ry. 3,900,000 

Alamogordo Lumber Co 740,000 

American Brass Co . 15,000,000 

Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co 16,823,491 

Burro Mountain Ry. Co „. 400,000 

Commercial Mining Co. 

Dawson Fuel Sales Co 

Dawson Railway & Coal Co . 3,100,000 

El Paso & Northeastern Co 16,792,000 

El Paso & Northeastern Railroad Co 5,400,000 

El Paso & Rock Island Ry 5,000,000 

El Paso & Southeastern- Co 25,000,000 

El Paso & Southwestern Railroad Co 19,055,000 

Golden Hill Corporation 

Morenci Southern Railway Co 1,250,000 

Nacozari Railroad Co 1,000,000 

National City Bank of New York..... 887,193,0^0 

National City Co... 

New York Life Insurance & Trust Co 33,958,000 



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North Star Mines Co 2,500,000 

Old Dominion Co. of Maine 7,426,775 

Russell Sage Foundation 

Fleming H. Eevell 

Fleming H. Revell Co 

Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian 

Church of the U. S. A 

Missionary Review Publishing Co 

New' York Young Men's Christian Association.. 

New York Life Insurance Co $995,087,285 

Northfield Schools 

Wheaton College, Norton, Mass 

John D. Eockefellee, Jr. 

Bureau of Social Hygiene 

China Medical Board 

Colorado Fuel & Iron Co.. $76,262,200 

University of Chicago 

General Education Board 

International Health Commission 

Manhattan Railway Co $60,000,000 

Merchants Fire Assurance Corporation of New 

York _. 2,786,431 

Rockefeller Foundation 

Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research „ 

Mr. John D. Kockefeller, Jr., is also listed in 
Who's Who in America, 1920, as "looking after 
his father's interests" — the well known John D. 
Eockefeller, with wealth once said to exceed a 
billion dollars. Since 1899 the son has been, off 
and on, director of the following in addition to 
the foregoing: 

Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad Co, 

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co...$42,597,000 

Lake Superior Consolidated Iron Mines 

New York Produce Exchange Safe Deposit and 

Storage Co 

American Linseed Co 33,445,678 

National City Bank of New York 887,193,000 



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Puget Sound Reduction Co 

United States Steel Corporation 1,452,229,769 

Missouri Pacific Railway Co 345,632,400 

Federal Mining & Smelting Co 18,000,000 

Standard Oil Co. af New Jersey 98,338,300 

From the Los Angeles Times we quote : 

"In short, religion has decided to adopt the methods 
of big business and brilliant financial cooperation, what- 
ever its other multitudinous differences may be. Our 
Christian pastors and masters tell us, vide the adver- 
tisements, that 'business associations, governments and 
the leaders of the great religious bodies have surveyed 
world conditions, and their verdicts all agree* that noth- 
ing but millions can buy salvation for a 'world torn with 
war'. And they are probably right, since that same 
world which, we are told 'a great shaft of light has 
struck*, boasts few humble carpenters and fishermen to 
renounce all worldly comforts — disciples to follow a pos- 
sessionless Master today. 

"Those expensive advertisements teem with ironical 
truths. 'The least pretentious business concerns now 
train their sales forces : can the churches do less ?' they 
demand. 'In America we must have Sunday School ex- 
perts, Bible teachers, skilled fishers of men/ How very 
far we have traveled from the simplicity of Jesus, from 
the Sermon on the Mount, from that sublime doctrine, 
free and gratis for all who cared to take. 'The realiza- 
tion of humanity's need for Christ at this time has fol- 
lowed with sudden, blinding brilliance, not unlike that 
which came to Saul of Tarsus/ we are told. But Sauls 
of Tarsus seem to be peculiarly rare. Eather are they 
forsaking the ministry on all sides because of the meager 
worldly reward entailed. Nothing but millions can lure 
them back, or create new Sauls. Our modern Sauls don't 



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accrue without expert training and the promised re- 
ward of high salaries. 

"Every item in those expensive advertisements is 
quite logical. One cannot take issue with a single 
assertion. They all reek of efficient promise, of indubit- 
able statements as to conditions and needed reforms. 
And yet, somehow, they leave us with a feeling of irony 
that Christianity should have come to such a pass. Per- 
haps it is the glaring omission of exhortation to our 
spiritual duty — only our financial duty is emphasized. 
We are not asked to each and every one of us constitute 
ourselves a personal missionary without pay. We are 
not asked to examine the condition of our own souls, 
our own lives, our own spiritual practices; we are only 
exhorted to pay for the religious education of others, the 
religious improvement of others. There are numerous 
paragraphs beginning, 'Your money will/ etc., explain- 
ing just how much other people's service it will buy. 
There are paragraphs referring to our f duty ? , but they 
all appertain to providing the money for other people's 
duties. In fact, there is a general impression of buying 
ourselves off from personal duties other than money and, 
as the advertisements themselves declare, 'It were folly 
to think that money alone could carry Christianity for- 
ward; the main problem has always been leaders/ *We 
must continue to send out men and women who will 
carry the Christ-life into their businesses, their recrea- 
tions, and their homes/ Send other people out — you 
seem not necessarily to be those people yourselves. 'Un- 
less you falter, a generation of trained Christian leaders 
will make your children bless your name/ is another 
form of exhortation — our faltering strictly taking the 
form of failing with the shekels. 

"They will raise their hundred millions, • . . but 



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unless most of us take our Christianity more personally 
and individually, unless we recognize a few other re- 
quirements in ourselves besides furnishing the money, 
our deputed Christianity isn't going to do the world 
much good, and our financial credit won't cut much ice 
in heaven/' 

WALL STREET WITH A PIOUS PACE 

Roger W. Babson, statistician-in-chief of 
Wall Street, in a letter dated January 27, 1920, 
and given limited circulation, says concerning 
the churches: 

"The value of our investments depends not on the 
strength of our banks, but rather upon the strength of 
our churches. The underpaid preachers of the nation 
are the men upon whom we really are depending rather 
than the well-paid lawyers, bankers and brokers. The 
religion of the community is really the bulwark of our 
investments. And when we consider that only 15% of 
the people hold securities of any kind and less than 3% 
hold enough to pay an income tax, the importance of the 
churches becomes even more evident. 

"Eor our own sakes, for our children's sakes, for the 
nation's sake, let us business men get behind the 
churches and their preachers ! Never mind if they are 
not perfect, never mind if their theology is out of date. 
This only means that were they efficient they would do 
very much more. The safety of all we have is due to the 
churches, even in their present inefficient and inactive 
state. By all thdt we hold dear, let us from this very 
day give more time, money and thought to the churches 
of our city, for upon these the value of all we own 
ultimately depends!" 



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55 



Again the money-changers are operating in 
the house of the Lord, and again seem appropri- 
ate the words of the Master : "It is written, My 




A MOKE HONORABLE WAY 



house is the house of prayer ; but ye have made 
it a den of thieves/' — Luke 19 : 45, 46. 

Of course "big business*' will raise the re- 
quired money because it thinks this necessary. 



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Do the people wish to trust their spiritual inter- 
ests with a class of men whose god is gold? 

Occasionally yet very rarely you will find 
some denominational minister who sees the sub- 
tlety of this movement and who has the courage 
to speak out. Dr. A. T. Peterson, an Illinois 
Baptist preacher, says: "It is a super-league 
of nations". 

Dr. Conant, an evangelist, in a published dis- 
course involving the Interchurch World Move- 
ment, says: 

"Mergers are the order of the day in every line of 
human activity, and the latest and most menacing is the 
Interehurch World Movement. By this movement the 
whole Christian Church is being unconsciously merged 
into a great union church which will be headed by 
liberals [infidels, higher critics, evolutionists, opposers 
of the interests of both Gpd and man]. 

"This movement is shot through and through with 
fundamental error. Our Lord tells us that the mission 
of the church is to preach the gospel to every creature 
— just that and nothing more. But the leaders in this 
movement tell us that the mission of the church is to 
'establish a civilization, Christian in spirit and in pas- 
sion, throughout the world\ Those two conceptions will 
not mix any more than oil and water will. 

"And by their social service program they are seeking 
to capture the functions of the state, and are thus unit- 
ing church and state." 

GOSPEL AS A WITNESS 

Jesus further stated as an evidence of the end 
of the world : "This gospel of the kingdom shall 
be preached in all the world for a witness unto 



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all nations; and then shall the end come". — 
Matthew 24: 14 

If the leaders of the Interchurch World 
Movement claim that their purpose is the con- 
version of the world to Christianity, then we say 
to them that they are too late. They are not 
doing it the Lord's way. In the first place, they 
are not preaching the gospel of the kingdom. 
They frankly state they are ignoring the doc- 
trinal truths of the gospel. In the second place, 
the preaching of the gospel of the kingdom is 
not for the purpose of converting the whole 
world, but for taking out from the world "a 
people for his name". (Acts 15 : 14) And 
thirdly, this has already been done and we are 
at the end of the old order and the new is com- 
ing in. 

DISTRESS AND PERPLEXITY 

The conditions which have arisen in the world 
since 1914 are distressing and perplexing. All 
the rulers of earth are perplexed. The finan- 
ciers are in perplexity ; the business men are in 
perplexity ; the people are in perplexity ; and all 
are in distress. Why is this so, and what does 
it mean? Jesus further answered concerning 
the end of the world, and in proof of it, that there 
would be "upon the earth distress of nations, 
with perplexity; the sea [restless humanity] 
and the w r aves [organized radical movements] 
roaring ; men's hearts failing them for fear and 
for looking after those things which are coming 
on the earth ; for the powers of heaven shall be 



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shaken". (Luke 21:25,26) This is daily in 
course of fulfillment. 

As a sample of how the rulers of earth view 
the matter, President Wilson, in his speech be- 
fore Congress after the great war began, said : 
"These are days of great perplexity, when a 
great cloud hangs over the greater part of the 
world. It seems as if great, blind, material 
forces have been released which had for long 
been held in leash and restraint." 

Fear has taken hold of men in all walks of 
life. Selfishness seems to pervade every line of 
business. The landlord, feeling that he may 
not get another such chance to reap a harvest, 
increases the rent upon his tenant. The gro- 
ceryman, the dealer in other foodstuffs, cloth- 
ing, etc., seem to fear that another opportunity 
will not come and that now advantage must be 
taken of this opportunity to get all the money 
possible. The spirit of distrust exists every- 
where. All of this is but in fulfillment of the 
words of Jesus. 

MAN'S DESIRE 

Amidst all of this trouble, sorrow and dis- 
tress, there is a longing desire in the hearts 
of the people ; and that desire is for life, liberty, 
and the pursuit of happiness. Almost every 
one would prefer to dwell in peace with loved 
ones and to avoid strife and controversy; but 
conditions seem to be such that man's difficul- 
ties are insurmountable. They cannot do what 
they woxild like. Seemingly there is an unseen 



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force or power controlling tliem. And what is 
that power? 

DEMONS ACTIVE 

Again we refer to the fact that as it was in 
Noah's day, so shall it be at the end of the world; 
The Scriptures clearly teach that in Noah's day 
the world had been overrun by fallen angels. 
As set forth in the sixth chapter of G-enesis, 
these had assumed the forms of men and, in 
violation of their obligation to Jehovah, had 
selected wives from amongst the human race, 
and there resulted an offspring which was 
wicked to the last degree, and the whole earth 
was filled with violence. God brought on the 
deluge. The Apostle Peter, answering as to 
what became of these demons, said: "God 
spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them 
down to lartarus, and delivered them into chains 
of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment". 
"Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the 
just for the unjust, that he might bring us to 
God, being put to death in the flesh, but quick- 
ened in the spirit; by which also he went and 
preached unto the spirits in prison : which some- 
time were disobedient, when once the longsnf- 
fering of God waited in the days of Noah, while 
the ark was a preparing." (2 Peter 2 : 4 ; 1 Peter 
3:18-20) "The angels which kept not their 
first estate, but left their own habitation, he 
hath reserved in everlasting chains under dark- 
ness unto the judgment of the great day." — 
Jude 6. 



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These demons, restrained in the atmosphere 
about the earth, have had power to communi- 
cate with the living ones of the human race 
through the instrumentality of mediums. These 
matters are fully discussed in my book, "Talking 
With the Dead", and I do not here go into detail. 
I merely call attention to the fact that the clear 
inference to be drawn from the above texts is 
that when the end of the world is reached the 
demons would have greater power and would 
exercise that power over men. The Czar of 
Eussia was constantly in communication with 
the demons through a medium whom he kept 
in the royal palace. Emperor William of Ger- 
many claimed to have an "inner ear" and averred 
that he heard "voices" from beyond and was 
guided largely by these. The course of the de- 
mons is that of wickedness, and without a doubt 
the great world war which started in 1914 was 
chiefly induced by the influence of these demons. 

The Scriptures tell us of a great whirlwind 
that will be raised up from the coasts of the 
earth. (See Jeremiah 23 : 19 ; 25 : 32, 33 ; 30 : 23, 
24) A whirlwind is a symbol of a great war. 
The great war created an interest in spiritism 
such as the world has never known; and some 
of the leading minds of the world have become 
devotees of it and are proclaiming the spirit- 
ualistic doctrine to the confusion of mankind. 
These demons are otherwise described in the 
Scriptures as the "four winds"; and Jesus, 
speaking through the Eevelator, said: "I saw 



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four angels standing on the four comers of the 
earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that 
the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on 
the sea, nor on any tree, . . . till we have sealed 
the servants of our God". (Revelation 7:1-3) 
These winds, or powers of the air, are not pow- 
ers of natural air, but are the powers referred 
to by St. Paul when he speaks of "the prince of 
the power of the air". (Ephesians 2:2) These 
demons are exercising power over the minds of 
the people, causing distress, discontent, rest- 
lessness, hatred, ill-will, malice, strife, and all 
kinds of controversy and trouble. 

All of the elements, as the Lord foretold 
through the Apostle Peter, are thus melting 
away amidst fervent heat. — 2 Peter 3 : 10. 

EEMEDIES— HUMAN 

What remedies do men offer to bring order 
out of chaos and establish peace and prosperity 
amongst the people f The financiers desperately 
struggle to hold the present financial systems in 
order; but they have no remedy and know of 
none to bring about a better condition. 

After centuries of effort, political parties 
have proved their inadequacy to meet the pres- 
ent conditions and to solve the distressing prob- 
lems. Economists and statesmen, studying the 
question diligently, find that they are able to do 
nothing. And this applies to all political parties 
and organizations, for the reason that all are 
composed of selfish, imperfect men; and there- 
fore cannot bring about an ideal condition. 



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LEAGUE OF NATIONS 

With the cessation of hostilities, statesmen 
representing the leading nations involved met 
in conference and (giving them credit for the 
desire to establish peace and prosperity) the 
result of their deliberations was a covenant 
known as the League of Nations. This is offered 
as a remedy for present evils. Will it succeed? 
A league formed amongst all the nations of 
earth and based upon the principles of justice 
and righteousness, and in which all the con- 
tracting parties would honestly carry out the 
purpose expressed, would doubtless result in 
great good. But where selfishness is the chief 
motive and controls the action of any or all, an 
ideal condition could not be attained. God in his 
wisdom foreknew and foretold the formation of 
the League of Nations ; and he likewise foretold 
that it must fail. — Isaiah 8 : 9, 10. 

The inducing cause for the formation of the 
League is admittedly fear. Faith in God and 
his promises is entirely ignored. Because of 
these facts the League will never accomplish the 
expressed desire. It is not God's way. He has 
plainly said: "My thoughts are not your 
thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith 
the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than 
the earth, so are my ways higher than your 
ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts." 
(Isaiah 55 : 8, 9) Jehovah's great plan was en- 
tirely ignored in the formation of this League 
of Nations. The prophet truly wrote : "Blessed 



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is the nation whose God is the Lord". (Psalm 
33:12) But a nation that ignores the divine 
plan, or any league of nations formed which 
ignores the same, need not expect a desirable 
result. The Lord's prophet clearly had in mind 
the formation of the League of Nations, and 
also the league of ecclesiastical systems, when 
he wrote: "Associate yourselves, ye people, 
and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, 
all ye of far countries ; gird yourselves, and ye 
shall be broken in pieces ; gird yourselves, and 
ye shall be broken in pieces. Take counsel to- 
gether, and it shall come to nought: speak the 
word, and it shall not stand." — Isaiah 8 : 9, 10. 

ECCLESIASTICAL REMEDY 

Ecclesiasticism relates to organized church 
systems, and particularly to the clergymen or 
priestly class operating and controlling the 
same. For a long time the Roman Catholic was 
practically the only creed extant. In the six- 
teenth century there was a great reformation 
movement and Protestant ecclesiasticism result- 
ed. The ecclesiastics, therefore, come forward 
withaproposed remedy for distressed humanity ; 
and since they do so, we are justified in a candid 
examination of their proposed remedy to see 
whether or not it is adequate. The ecclesiastical 
systems both Catholic and Protestant claim that 
their mission is to convert the world, thereby 
bringing the people into the churches. Let us 
suppose they could accomplish this expressed 
purpose and that the whole human race was 



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brought into one or the other of the churches. 
What, then, is the hope that they hold out to the 
people ? 

The Catholic creed or teaching is that the 
destiny of man is fixed at death and that those 
who are good and faithful Catholics at death 
pass on to heaven, a condition of endless bliss. 
All other Catholics who have not been faithful 
in every particular go to purgatory, there to re- 
main for an indefinite period of time (not less 
than a thousand years), during which time they 
are supposed to be cleansed and purified and 
made ready for the heavenly realm ; that all the 
others, the heretics, the apostate, etc., must 
spend their destiny in hell fire, consciously suf- 
fering forever. 

The Protestant teaching generally is that the 
destiny of every man is eternally fixed at death, 
the faithful church member passing at death 
into glory, a condition of bliss in heaven; and 
all others spending their eternity in conscious 
torture, eternal in duration. 

It will be noticed, therefore, that if there be 
any real difference between these two remedies, 
the Protestant remedy is the worse of the two, 
because it offers no middle ground. It is plainly 
to be seen by any one that neither the Catholic 
nor the Protestant creed offers any remedy 
whatsoever for the present disorder that would 
lead to peace, prosperity, liberty and happiness 
and life everlasting on the earth. It follows, 
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most or all of the people to their theories it 
would be no solution of the present problems. 

The great difficulty with the systems ecclesi- 
astical is that they ignore entirely the divine 
remedy. They ignore the commission given to 
the Christian and build their hopes upon man- 
made theories, creeds and institutions. They 
ignore completely the commission divinely given 
to every one who has consecrated himself to do 
the Lord's will. It will be admitted by both 
Catholics and Protestants that only a small por- 
tion of the earth's population have even pre- 
tended to embrace the teachings of their respec- 
tive systems, and the most sanguine amongst 
them will never claim that they hope to convert 
everybody to their way of thinking and bring 
them into the church organization. The facts 
are that in modern times they have ignored the 
doctrines and do not ask the people to believe 
these but to unite in action; and the chief action 
is the solicitation and collection of money. Seiz- 
ing the war spirit, the spirit of the world, these 
ecclesiastical systems now are engaged in rais- 
ing millions of dollars, saying to the people: 
"If only we had the money we could convert the 
world". Is it not apparent to all that this is a 
reflection on the Lord, that he needs money to 
carry out his purposes ; and is he pleased to use 
the unconsecrated funds of the worldings to do 
his work? Is it necessary to solicit in the name 
of the Lord money from men who have no in- 
terest in the Lord's arrangement but who yield 



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to the importunities of the clergy and pay the 
money in order that they may have a social or 
political standing amongst a certain class of 
people? Could it be said that the Lord must 
resort to such methods in order to carry out his 
arrangement ? Every reasonable man must say, 
Surely not. And again we are reminded of the 
Lord's words through the prophet, directing 
them at those who are advancing these worldly 
theories : "My thoughts are not your thoughts, 
neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. 
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, 
so are my ways higher than your ways, and my 
thoughts than your thoughts." — Isaiah 55 : 8, 9. 

The wise man, then, is he who seeks to know 
what is the divine remedy and, finding this, 
seeks to conform himself to it; for nothing 
else short of divine power can bring order out 
of the present chaotic condition and bring to 
man that which he desires. Let us keep in mind 
that it has ever been the desire of man to enjoy 
life, liberty and happiness. This was so upper- 
most in the minds of the forefathers in laying 
the foundation for the American government 
that they placed this statement in the funda- 
mental law of the land. The people, therefore, 
are wasting their money, wasting their time and 
energy to pursue a will-o'-the-wisp, a man-made 
theory, in utter disregard of the divine remedy ; 
and, of course, if the people are ignorant of this 
remedy which the Lord has provided, they can- 
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and their ignorance is due to the fact that the 
ecclesiastics have been unfaithful to their com- 
mission, have failed to teach the Scriptures, but 
on the contrary have taught man-made theories ; 
and for this reason God, foreknowing that it 
would be thus, recorded: "Behold, the days 
come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a 
famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a 
thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the 
Lord!'— Amos 8: 11. 

After many centuries of divine favor the 
clergy of the church nominal as a class has 
proven unfaithful to the divinely given commis- 
sion. After six thousand years of laborious 
effort to establish an ideal government in the 
earth, the nations are now face to face with a 
condition of chaos, and mankind is groping 
blindly about. The people who love righteous- 
ness and truth have been without aid, advice and 
comfort from those from whom they might ex- 
pect it and who claim to be the messengers of 
the Lord. These so-called spiritual advisers 
have torn off the mask and now boldly declare 
that they ignore the doctrines and unite in 
action for money and power. 

With the great doctrines of Christianity 
ignored, upon what will the hungry souls feed? 
— those souls that hunger and thirst for right- 
eousness, from whence will they gather their 
satisfying portion? (Psalm 107 : 1 - 7) Is it not 
time for all such to seek the divine remedy? 
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whole world is being humbled by suffering and 
sorrow. Let those who mourn be comforted by 
the great and beneficent arrangement disclosed 
by his Word. 

REMEDY— DIVINE 

The Holy Scriptures contain the expression of 
the will of God concerning man. The Bible is the 
only true source of knowledge upon which man 
can base a hope for the future. The Apostle 
Paul with prophetic vision, looking on down to 
the time of the blessings that shall come to the 
human race, wrote to the followers of Jesus: 
"Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have 
entered into the heart of man, the things which 
God hath prepared for them that love him. But 
God hath revealed them unto us by his spirit: 
for the spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep 
things of God."— 1 Corinthians 2 : 9, 10. 

It was the great Master who said : "Sanctify 
them through thy truth: thy word is truth". 
(John 17:17) Nothing, then, but an under- 
standing and appreciation of the Word of God 
can lead man into the right way and unfold to 
him visions of the blessings that are to come; 
and the understanding of the divine arrange- 
ment brings comfort and joy to the heart. 

The inspired witness wrote: "Known unto 
God are all his works from the beginning of the 
world". (Acts 15 : 18) From the very creation 
of man to the full consummation of his plan 
Jehovah knew everything and his great program 
has been working out in a progressive and 



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orderly manner. In order, therefore, for us to 
appreciate the divine remedy we must first as- 
certain the real canse of the present condition 
of strife, turmoil, trouble, wars, revolution, etc., 
in the earth. 

THE CAUSE 

The first man was created perfect and given 
a perfect home in Eden, endowed with life as a 
human being, with happiness, with peace, and 
with all the blessings incident to a perfect life 
and a perfect home. He was endowed with the 
power and authority to produce perfect children 
and to fill the earth with a perfect race of people. 
His enjoyment of those blessings eternally de- 
pended upon his obedience to the divine law; 
and his disobedience of that law he was in- 
formed would lead to the forfeiture of his right 
to life as a human being, as well as his right to 
happiness and peace. Man violated the law. 
This account is briefly set forth in the third 
chapter of Genesis. Man was sentenced to 
death, driven out from his perfect home, and the 
judgment executed by causing him to subsist 
upon the poisonous elements of the unfinished 
earth. As long as he existed he was caused to 
eat his bread in sorrow. In all these centuries he 
has been under the bondage of the evil effects 
of sin, waiting and hoping for liberation. 

It must be observed that Adam did not lose a 
home in heaven. He was not offered a home in 
heaven; but what he did possess was a home on 
earth, with human life in perfection, as a man ; 



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and his violation of the lav/ forfeited these. 
Therefore, if man is ever restored to his original 
favors and blessing it must be to that which he 
first enjoyed — perfection of life as a human 
being, a perfect home, and peace and happiness 
on earth. 

The disobedience of Adam entailed upon all 
of his offspring sorrow, sickness, suffering and 
death. The perfect pair did not bear children 
while in Eden ; but they exercised this function 
after the condemnation and after man was 
earning his bread in the unfinished earth. 
He was gradually undergoing the sentence of 
death. He was imperfect, and it follows as a 
logical and reasonable conclusion that he could 
not produce a perfect race of people. The result 
was that his offspring were born in a dying 
condition. And this is what the prophet meant 
when he wrote: "Behold, I was shapen in in- 
iquity ; and in sin did my mother conceive me". 
(Psalm 51:5) This is the same thought ex- 
pressed by St. Paul when he wrote: "Where- 
fore, as by one man sin entered into the world, 
and death by sin ; and so death passed upon all 
men, for that all have sinned". — Eomans 5 : 12. 

REDEMPTION PROMISED 

Jehovah had in mind from the beginning 
the redemption of mankind from this condition 
of suffering and death, and their restoration to 
that which was lost. Abraham, who lived in the 
land of the Chaldees, trusted in Jehovah; and 



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God called unto him and made Mm a promise, 
saying: "I will bless thee, and make thy name 
great; and thou shalt be a blessing: . . . and in 
thee shall all families of the earth be blessed". 
(Genesis 12 : 2, 3) At the time this promise was 
made Abraham had no children. He was sev- 
enty-five years of age, his wife had passed the 
age of child-bearing; yet he had faith in God, 
and when Abraham was a hundred years old his 
son Isaac was born. When Isaac grew to man- 
hood's estate God put Abraham to a test of 
faithfulness to him and directed Abraham to 
take his son Isaac into a mountain and offer him 
up as a sacrifice. It grieved Abraham's heart 
much to do this; but having faith in God he 
obeyed. Journeying to the mountain, he built 
an altar, bound Isaac to it, and the knife in his 
hand was about to strike death to his son when 
the Lord called unto him out of heaven, saying : 
"Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do 
thou any thing unto him : for now I know that 
thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld 
thy son, thine only son, from me". (Genesis 
22 : 12) Thereupon God renewed his promise to 
Abraham and bound it with his oath, saying: 
"By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for 
because thou hast done this thing, and hast not 
withheld thy son, thine only son : that in blessing 
I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multi- 
ply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as 
the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy 
seed shall possess the gate of his enemies ; and 



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in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be 
blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice". 
—Genesis 22 : 16 - 18. 

This promise to Abraham has not yet been 
fulfilled. It must be fulfilled, because God is not 
slack in any of his promises. He changes not. 
(Malachi 3:6) Clearly, the blessing here in- 
tended is life, liberty and happiness — a restora- 
tion to the very things Adam had forfeited by 
reason of his disobedience. All the prophets 
who thereafter wrote foretold the coming of 
such times of restoration and blessing. 

The judgment of condemnation against Adam 
could never be reversed because that would be 
equivalent to God denying himself; therefore 
the judgment must be enforced. But it would 
be entirely consistent with the divine arrange- 
ment for provision to be made for satisfaction 
of the judgment, thus maintaining the dignity 
and majesty of the divine law. Hence God made 
promise through the prophet Hosea, saying: "I 
will ransom them from the power of the grave ; 
I will redeem them from death : death, I will 
be thy plagues ; grave, I will be thy destruc- 
tion".— Hosea 13 : 14. 

This provision for the satisfaction of justice 
and release of mankind from condemnation 
must come through the voluntary sacrifice of 
another perfect human. The word ransom 
means exact corresponding price. A perfect 
man had sinned and forfeited life, liberty and 
happiness. This penalty was demanded by the 



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divine law. Hence God could make provision 
and did make provision that if another perfect 
man could be found who would voluntarily per- 
mit his life, liberty and happiness to be taken 
from him, all these rights could be substituted 
for those which Adam had forfeited and thereby 
lay the foundation or basis upon which Jehovah 
could restore Adam and his offspring to liberty, 
happiness and life. Of course, it follows that 
none of Adam's offspring could meet these 
divine requirements, for the reason that all are 
imperfect. Hence the Psalmist wrote : "None of 
them can by any means redeem his brother, nor 
give to God a ransom for him". (Psalm 49: 7) 
What, then, could be done for the redemption 
of the human race? 

THE RANSOMER 

St. John records the fact that the Word or 
Logos was the beginning of Jehovah's creation, 
and that he (the Logos) afterward became 
the active agent in the creation of every- 
thing made; and that "the Word [Logos] was 
made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld 
his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the 
Father, full of grace and truth". (John 1:14) 
St. Matthew gives the account of the birth of 
Jesus ; that he was begotten not by man but by 
the power of Jehovah ; therefore he had none of 
the inherited condemnation or contamination of 
Adam. The Logos was transferred from the 
spirit to the human plane. He became the child 



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Jesus. He was born "holy, harmless, undented, 
separate from sinners" (Hebrews 7 : 26) ; he was 
without sin. (1 Peter 1:19) He was born 
under the law covenant, which covenant fixed the 
legal majority for priestly purposes at thirty 
years. Therefore when Jesus attained the years 
of maturity he was perfect physically, mentally, 
morally — perfect under the law, the exact coun- 
terpart of the perfect man Adam in Eden prior 
to his disobedience to the divine law. Why had 
Jehovah permitted his beloved Son to be trans- 
ferred from the spirit to the human plane 1 Why 
had he come to earth at all ? Let Jesus himself 
answer : "The Son of man came not to be minis- 
tered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a 
ransom for many". (Matthew 20:28) And 
again he said : "1 am come that they might have 
life, and that they might have it more abun- 
dantly". (John 10 : 10) Again, speaking in dark 
saying or symbolic phrase, he likens himself 
unto bread, which men eat and live, saying : "I 
am the living bread which came down from 
heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall 
live for ever; and the bread that I will give is 
my flesh [humanity], which I will give for the 
life of the world". — John 6 : 51. 

THE RANSOM PRICE 

To ransom means to purchase, and the ransom 
price means the exact corresponding price. A 
perfect man had sinned and lost all. A perfect 
man now, by voluntarily going into death, would 



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provide the corresponding price for the redemp- 
tion of mankind. Jesus was not a sinner. He 
never committed a sin. Why, then, should he 
die? St. Paul answers: "Christ died for our 
sins according to the Scriptures". (1 Corinth- 
ians 15 : 3) St. John adds : "He is the propitia- 
tion [satisfaction] for our sins : and not for ours 
only, but also for the sins of the whole world". 
—1 John 2 : 2. 

"God so loved the world, that he gave his only 
begotten Son, that whosoever belie veth in him 
should not perish, but have everlasting life. For 
God sent not his Son into the world to condemn 
the world ; but that the world through him might 
be saved." (John 3:16,17) Jesus was put to 
death in the flesh, a man, and was raised from 
the dead a spirit being, divine in nature. (1 
Peter 3: 18) He ascended on high as a divine 
being, having the right to a perfect human life, 
now to be given in the place of that which Adam 
had forfeited; and by this perfect human life 
and all the rights incident thereto he had pro- 
vided the ransom or purchase price for the re- 
demption and deliverance of all mankind from 
death. As surely as God has made this provi- 
sion, so surely then he will carry it into full 
force and effect. 

THE SEED 

It will be noticed that in the promise God 
made to Abraham he said : "In thy seed shall all 
the families of the earth be blessed". (Genesis 
28 : 14) The blessing here promised is life ever- 



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lasting. (Romans 6:23) It follows, then, that 
before the blessing of life everlasting and the 
blessings incident thereto could be extended to 
mankind through the seed, the seed itself must 
first be developed. The seed according to the 
promise was the mystery for ages and genera- 
tions. It is yet a mystery to all except those 
who have given their hearts to the Lord and dil- 
igently sought to understand what constitutes 
the seed. The Apostle Paul under inspiration 
defined the seed : "Now to Abraham and his seed 
were the promises made. He saith not, And to 
seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy 
seed, which is Christ." (Galatians 3:16) The 
word Christ here means anointed one. The 
word Messiah means the same thing. The Christ 
consists of Jesus glorified, the head) and the 
members of his body, which constitutes the 
church. "For as many of you as have been bap- 
tized into Christ have put on Christ. And if 
ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and 
heirs according to the promise." (Galatians 
3:27, 29) "And he is the head of the body, the 
church : who is the beginning, the firstborn from 
the dead ; that in all things he might have the 
preeminence." — Colossians 1 : 18. 

SELECTION OF BODY MEMBERS 

Clergymen as a class, particularly of modern 
times, seem to misconceive entirely the commis- 
sion of a Christian and the purpose that God 
has in developing that class. They ha^e con- 
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that everybody must join some denominational 
system in order to be saved ; whereas the Scrip- 
tures plainly teach that God's purpose and plan, 
during the time elapsing from the crucifixion 
of the Lord to the setting up of his kingdom, is 
to select from amongst men his church. The 
word church means called-out class. It does not 
mean any denominational system. It means the 
true followers of the Master who continue faith- 
ful unto death. The Apostle Paul speaks of the 
church when he refers to the "church of the 
firstborn, which are written in heaven". 
(Hebrews 12 : 23) He does not say, Whose names 
are WTitten on church books, or who have signed 
pledges to contribute so much money — not the 
names of those who are recorded by men, but 
who are recorded by the Lord in the heavenly 
records, based upon their consecration and 
faithful service to him. The divine purpose is 
clearly set forth : "God at the first did visit the 
Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his 
name. And to this agree the words of the 
prophets; as it is written, After this I will re- 
turn, and will build again the tabernacle of 
David, which is fallen down; and I will build 
again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up; 
that the residue of men might seek after the 
Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name 
is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these 
things."— Acts 15 : 14 - 17. 

In the Scriptures a pure virgin is used to 
symbolize the bride of Christ, the true church; 



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and an unchaste woman, or harlot, is used to 
symbolize the false system ; and the Lord showed 
that these two would be in development side by 
side and that the pure virgin class would be 
persecuted by the unchaste class. The Lord 
Jesus gave a parable, likening these two classes 
unto wheat and tares, the true church being des- 
ignated as wheat, whereas the others are desig- 
nated as tares. (Matthew 13 : 24 - 39) He said : 
"Let both grow together until the harvest: and 
in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers,, 
Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them 
in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat 
into my barn". The great apostate systems are 
binding themselves together in bundles and the 
Lord is gathering his true saints unto himself. 
Defining this parable Jesus said: "The good 
seed are the children of the kingdom; but the 
tares are the children of the wicked one; the 
enemy that sowed them is the devil ; the harvest 
is the end of the world". (Matthew 13:38,39) 
Further answering the question as to what 
would happen at the end of the world, he said 
he would send forth his messengers with the 
"sound of a trumpet [proclamation of the 
truth] , and they shall gather together his elect 
from the four winds, from one end of heaven 
[ecclesiastical systems] to the other". (Matthew 
24: 31) For the past forty years or more the 
true Christians have been gathering themselves 
together without regard to creed or denomina- 
tion, while the denominational systems are bind- 



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ing themselves into great compacts or leagues, 
and making much fuss about converting the 
world. 

A CHRISTIAN'S TRIBULATION 

It has become a popular matter to become a 
member of some church system or to join the 
Interchurch World Movement; and the man or 
woman who contributes the greatest amount of 
money is the one who receives the greatest 
honor. 

On the contrary, it has never been popular to 
be a true Christian, a true follower of Jesus; 
and this is due to the fact that the divine pro- 
gram is: "We must through much tribulation 
enter into the kingdom of God". (Acts 14:22) 
Jesus said : "If any man will come after me, let 
him deny himself, and take up his cross, and 
follow me". (Matthew 16 : 24) Jesus consecrated 
himself fully to do the Father's will. His foot- 
step followers must do likewise. Jesus suffered 
indignities and persecution at the hands of the 
religionists of his time. His followers must 
have a similar experience. "For even hereunto 
were ye called : because Christ also suffered for 
us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow 
his steps/' (1 Peter 2:21) Jesus said: "The 
disciple is not above his master, nor the servant 
above his lord. It is enough for the disciple to 
be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If 
they have called the master of the house Beelze- 
bub, how much more shall they call them of his 
household!" (Matthew 10 : 24, 25) Again he said 



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to his followers : "If the world hate you, ye know 
that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were 
of the world, the world would love his own ; but 
because ye are not of the world, but I have 
chosen you out of the world, therefore the world 
hateth you. Eemember the word that I said 
unto you, The servant is not greater than his 
lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also 
persecute you ; if they have kept my saying, they 
will keep yours also/' (John 15 : 18 - 20) Suffer- 
ing ignominy and persecution at the hands of 
the nominal religionists and the forces that they 
can bring to bear, is the course clearly marked 
out for the true follower of Christ Jesus. "The 
Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that 
we are the children of God ; and if children, then 
heirs ; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ ; 
if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be 
also glorified together." (Komans 8: 16, 17) "It 
is a faithful saying : For if we be dead with him, 
we shall also live with him: If we suffer, we 
shall also reign with him/' — 2 Timothy 2 : 11, 12. 
The divine arrangement makes it a condition 
precedent to entering into glory that the true 
Christian should be perfected through suffering. 
The church is but a small number, compara- 
tively speaking; and the church, together with 
Christ Jesus, the head, is called to the high and 
exalted position in heaven, constituting the seed 
of Abraham according to the promise, pictured 
by the stars mentioned in the promise. Hence, 
because of this exaltation, God permits them to 



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be put through a period of trying circumstances 
and sufferings in order that they might be 
afforded the opportunity of proving their faith- 
ful, loyal devotion to him. 'Tor it became him, 
for whom are all things, and by whom are all 
things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to 
make the captain of their salvation perfect 
through sufferings. For both he that sanctifieth 
and they who are sanctified are all of one : for 
which cause he is not ashamed to call them 
brethren." — Hebrews 2 : 10, 11. 

True to the divine arrangement, the church 
has been put through a course of suffering. The 
head and the body members have been unjustly 
accused of crime time and again. St. Paul tells 
us, as likewise does the Master, that Satan is the 
god of this world. (2 Corinthians 4:4) Again 
we read that the whole world lieth in the wicked 
one. (1 John 5 : 19) The governments of earth, 
therefore, have been under the dominion of 
Satan, and the seed of Satan is and has been the 
instrumentality he has used for the purpose of 
persecution. In the days of the Master the 
scribes, Pharisees, and doctors of the law, who 
claimed to sit in Moses' seat and represent Jeho- 
vah, were the ones who led the persecution 
against the Master. Jesus plainly told these 
that they were a part of the seed of the serpent, 
the devil. It would be most reasonable, there- 
fore, to expect that Satan would inject into the 
minds of his instruments the thought of charg- 
ing the followers of Jesus with the crime of 



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sedition against his (Satan's) empire. The nom- 
inal religionists of his day charged Jesus with 
the crime of sedition and caused him to be exe- 
cuted on that charge. St. Stephen, the first 
martyr to the cause of true Christianity follow- 
ing the Master, was stoned to death after being 
unjustly convicted upon perjured testimony on 
the charge of sedition. St. Paul, because of 
his faithfulness to the Lord, was confined in 
prison for four years under a similar charge and 
was otherwise ill-treated. St. John the Bevela- 
tor, under a similar charge, was banished to the 
isle of Patmos and required to don a prisoner's 
garb and beat rock. The history of the world 
shows that the true followers of Jesus have met 
with opposition and persecution upon all hands 
and at all times. 

As an illustration of this fact: the church 
nominal of England became a part of the polit- 
ical power and those who refused to conform to 
the state-church were persecuted. A short dis- 
tance from London stands a building erected to 
the memory of men who were burned upon that 
spot because of their faithfulness to the truth 
and who refused to conform to man-made theo- 
ries of religion. John Bunyan, a humble fol- 
lower of Jesus, refused to be a conformist to 
man-made theories and he was tried and con- 
victed and placed in prison. A clergyman then 
was delegated to wait upon him and tell Bunyan 
words to this effect: You are going to be kept 
in prison for three months. If at the end of 



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that time you recant and conform yourself to 
the church-state you will be released ; otherwise 
you will be put to death. And Bunyan calmly 
replied: "You might as well put me to death 
now; I will never conform". He was kept in 
prison for twelve years and while there wrote 
Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, which has been 
a great comfort and help to Christians who have 
trod the narrow way from then until now. 

Speaking of the evidences concerning the end 
of the world, Jesus furthermore said: "Then 
shall they deliver you [meaning his followers] 
up to be afflicted, and shall kill you : and ye shall 
be hated of all nations for my name's sake". — 
Matthew 24:9. 

It is often true that advantage is taken of con- 
ditions of war and strife to vent some ill-feeling 
upon others. "When the great world war began, 
in Germany certain Christians, known as Bible 
Students, who asked to be exempted from com- 
batant military service because of their devo- 
tion and faithfulness to the Lord and because 
of his command to them that they should not 
kill, were ill-treated, placed in the front ranks 
of battle, and were amongst the first to fall. In 
Austria, the very stronghold of one of the great 
ecclesiastical systems, a number of these same 
Bible Students were killed and others impris- 
oned during the period of the war. In Canada 
many were haled into court and summarily 
tried without being given an opportunity to 
offer a defense, and were fined or imprisoned, 



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the charge being that they had in their posses- 
sion Bibles with certain comments, hymn books 
which they had used for years in the worship of 
God, and other literature in harmony with the 
Scriptures. To the astonishment of many peo- 
ple in the United States there was a wide perse- 
cution of conscientious followers of the Master 
in this land. No Christian permits himself to 
become embittered because of this unjust treat- 
ment, but he recognizes it as a fulfillment of the 
divine prophecy and one of the evidences given 
by the Lord to those who yield submissively to 
the divine arrangement, to assure them that 
they belong to him. The inspired Apostle wrote : 
"Beloved, think it not strange concerning the 
fiery trial which is to try you, as though some 
strange thing happened unto you: but rejoice, 
inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's suf- 
fering; that, when his glory shall be revealed, 
ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. If ye 
be reproached for the name of Christ, happy 
are ye ; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth 
upon you : on their part he is evil spoken of, but 
on your part he is glorified." — 1 Peter 4 : 12 - 14. 
Jesus and the members of his body thus de- 
veloped through trial and tribulation according 
to the divine arrangement will constitute the 
seed of Abraham, through which seed God will 
ultimately extend blessings to all the families of 
the earth. The Apostle Paul with prophetic 
vision looking down through the corridors of the 
age, marking the suffering of mankind and the 



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development of the Christ class, the seed, ex- 
claimed: "The whole creation groaneth and 
travaileth in pain together until now, waiting 
for the manifestation of the sons of God". — 
Eomans 8:19,22. 

KINGDOM COMING IN 

The wars, famine, pestilence, distress of na- 
tions, etc., upon the earth are but the forerun- 
ners of the establishment of the Messianic king- 
dom. The Lord through his prophet said: "I 
will shake all nations, and the desire of all na- 
tions shall come". (Haggai 2:7) And while 
this great shaking is in progress and monarchs 
are losing their crowns, aristocratic and auto- 
cratic thrones are tumbling to the earth, the 
words of the prophet ring out clearly in the ears 
of the followers of Jesus : "And in the days of 
these kings shall the God of heaven set up a 
kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and 
the kingdom shall not be left to other people, 
but it shall break in pieces and consume all these 
kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever". — Daniel 
2:44. 

Elijah was a type of the followers of Christ 
Jesus; and the Lord used him to picture the 
events transpiring in the end of the world, as 
we have heretofore mentioned. ( See pages 19-22 ) 
In fulfillment of the antitype, the Elijah class 
knew that the war was coming and one of them, 
the Lord's faithful servant, Pastor Russell, for 
forty years pointed out from the prophecies that 



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it would come in 1914. The Lord is not in the 
war, meaning that the Lord's kingdom is not 
yet in full sway. Then follows the earthquake, 
symbolic of revolution, which has already swept 
some of the countries. Then shall follow the 
anarchy — destructive troubles. Anarchy means 
a disregard of all law, certain classes assuming 
to exercise power and authority where it is not 
granted, causing indescribable suffering and 
sorrow. In this the Lord is not, but it is another 
means of clearing away the ground preparatory 
to establishing the kingdom. Then Elijah heard 
the still small voice. This still small voice is 
a message from the Lord. The voice is used to 
symbolize a message or messenger. The Lord 
has long ago put the message in his Word the 
Bible for the benefit of those who should live 
in this hour of stress. The multitudes of earth 
are clamoring everywhere. They are confused ; 
they are distressed. They are in sorrow, in 
tears of bitterness. They are almost at their 
wits' end. But if they could be heard to express 
their hearts' sincere desire now, without a doubt 
there would come up from every quarter of the 
earth this request: Give us a government of 
righteousness with a wise ruler who will admin- 
ister the laws in behalf of all ; give us peace and 
not war ; give us plenty and not profiteers ; give 
us liberty and not license ; give us life and not 
suffering and death. Back from the past comes 
the sweet small voice of the Lord saying that 
this request shall be fulfilled : "For unto us a 



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child is born, unto us a son is given: and the 
government shall be "upon his shoulder : and his 
name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The 
mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince 
of Peace. Of the increase of his government 
and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne 
of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, 
and to establish it with judgment and with 
justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal 
of the Lord of hosts will perform this." — Isaiah 
9:6,7. 

THE JUBILEE 

An understanding of the jubilee system which 
Jehovah inaugurated with Israel throws a great 
light upon the immediate future events. The 
Scriptures clearly show that Israel, while God 
dealt with them for more than eighteen centu- 
ries, was a typical people. Their law was typi- 
cal, foreshadowing greater and better things to 
come. The Lord commanded Moses to institute 
the Sabbath system the year that Israel entered 
the land of Canaan, which was 1575 years before 
A. D. 1 (Leviticus 25:1-12), and that every 
fiftieth year should be unto them a year of 
jubilee. This was done on the tenth day of the 
seventh month, the day of atonemont. "And ye 
shall hallow the fiftieth year and proclaim free- 
dom throughout the land unto all the inhabitants 
thereof; it shall be a jubilee unto you and ye 
shall return every man unto his possessions and 
ye shall return every man unto his family." 
Other Scriptures show that there were to be 



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seventy jubilees kept. (Jeremiah 25:11; 2 
Chronicles 36: 17 - 21) A simple calculation of 
these jubilees brings us to this important fact : 
Seventy jubilees of fifty years each would be a 
total of 3500 years. That period of time begin- 
ning 1575 before A. D. 1 of necessity would end 
in the fall of the year 1925, at which time the 
type ends and the great antitype must begin. 
What, then, should we expect to take place f In 
the type there must be a full restoration ; there- 
fore the great antitype must mark the begin- 
ning of restoration of all things. The chief 
thing to be restored is the human race to life ; 
and since other Scriptures definitely lix the fact 
that there will be a resurrection of Abraham, 
Isaac, Jacob and other faithful ones of old, and 
that these will have the first favor, we may ex- 
pect 1925 to witness the return of these faithful 
men of Israel from the condition of death, being 
resurrected and fully restored to perfect hu- 
manity and made the visible, legal representa- 
tives of the new order of things on earth. 

Messiah's kingdom once established, Jesus 
and his glorified church constituting the great 
Messiah, shall minister the blessings to the 
people they have so long desired and hoped for 
and prayed might come. And when that time 
comes, there will be peace and not war, as the 
prophet beautifully states : "In the last days it 
shall come to pass, that the mountain of the 
house of the Lord shall be established in the top 
of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above 



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the hills; and people shall flow nnto it. And 
many nations shall come, and say, Come, and 
let ns go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to 
the house of the God of Jacob ; and he will teach 
ns of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: 
for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word 
of the Lord from Jerusalem. And he shall judge 
among many people, and rebuke strong nations 
afar off; and they shall beat their swords into 
plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks ; 
nation shall not life up a sword against nation, 
neither shall they learn war any more. But they 
shall sit every man under his vine and under his 
iig tree ; and none shall make them afraid ; for 
the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it." 
— Micah4:l-4. 

EARTHLY RULERS 

As we have heretofore stated, the great jubi- X 
lee cycle is due to begin in 1925. At that time X 
the earthly phase of the kingdom shall be recog- 
nized. The Apostle Paul in the eleventh chapter 
of Hebrews names a long list of faithful men 
who died before the crucifixion of the Lord and 
before the beginning of the selection of the 
church. These can never be a part of the heav- 
enly class ; they had no heavenly hopes ; but God 
has in store something good for them. They are 
to be resurrected as perfect men and constitute 
the princes or rulers in the earth, according to 
his promise. (Psalm 45 : 16 ; Isaiah 32 : 1 ; Matt- 
hew 8:11) Therefore we may confidently ex- 
pect that 1925 will mark the return of Abraham, 

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Isaac, Jacob and the faithful prophets of old, 
particularly those named by the Apostle in 
Hebrews chapter eleven, to the condition of 
human perfection. 

RECONSTRUCTION 

All the statesmen of the world, all the political 
economists, all the thoughtful men and women, 
recognize the fact that the conditions existing 
prior to the war have passed away and that a 
new order of things must be put in vogue. All 
such recognize that this is a period now marking 
the beginning of reconstruction. The great diffi- 
culty is that these men are exercising only 
human wisdom and have ignored the divine ar- 
rangement. We are indeed at the time of recon- 
struction, the reconstruction not only of a few 
things, but of all things. The reconstruction 
will not consist of patching up old and broken 
down systems and forms and arrangements, but 
the establishment of a new and righteous one 
under the great ruler Christ Jesus, the Prince 
of Peace. The Apostle Peter at Pentecost, 
speaking under divine inspiration, and referring 
to that time, said: "Times of refreshing shall 
come from the presence of the Lord; and he 
shall send Jesus Christ, which before was 
preached unto you : whom the heaven must re- 
ceive [retain] until the times of restitution of 
all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth 
of all his holv prophets since the world began". 
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Examination of the prophecies from Moses to 
John discloses the fact that every one of the 
prophets foretold the time coming for restitu- 
tion blessings. Beconstruction and restitution 
mean the same thing — i. e., the restoration of 
mankind to the things which were lost. The re- 
ward of the church in heaven is not that which 
man originally had ; but is given as a great re- 
ward for faithfulness to the Lord under trying 
conditions and circumstances. Eestitution 
means the blessings that will be given to man- 
kind in general through the divine arrangement 
and therefore restoring him to life, liberty and 
happiness on the earth, once enjoyed by the per- 
fect man Adam and which was included in the 
promise made to Abraham. This blessing comes 
to the world through the seed, the exalted, elect 
class, the Messiah, the Christ. 

The Scriptures clearly show that this great 
time of blessing is immediately preceded by a 
great time of trouble. This trouble is now on 
the world. The word Michael used in the fol- 
lowing text means "who as God", or represent- 
ing God — Christ Jesus, the great captain of our 
salvation. His second coming and the estab- 
lishment of his kingdom has been the hope and 
desire of Christians for centuries past. In re- 
ferring to this time, then, the prophet Daniel 
under inspiration wrote: "And at that time 
shall Michael stand up, the great prince which 
standeth for the children of thy people: and 
there shall be a time of trouble, such as never 



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was since there was a nation even to that same 
time: and at that time thy people shall be de- 
livered, every one that shall be found written in 
the book. And many of them that sleep in the 
dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlast- 
ing life, and some to shame and everlasting con- 
tempt."— Daniel 12 : 1, 2. 

MILLIONS WILL NEVER DIE 

Every part of the divine arrangement must be 
fulfilled; not" one jjot or tittle shall pass away 
unfulfilled. Every portion of the divine prom- 
ise, therefore, is important. Answering the 
question as to the conditions prevailing at the 
end of the world, Jesus quoted the above pro- 
phetic statement from the Book of Daniel, or 
used words similar, saying: "Then shall be 
great tribulation, such as was not since the be- 
ginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever 
shall be. And except those days should be 
shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but 
for the elect's sake those days shall be short- 
ened." (Matthew 24 : 21, 22) Thus he shows that 
the distress upon the earth will end with a time 
of tribulation such as the world has never known 
and that this will be the last. There will never 
be another. Then he adds that for the sake of 
the elect those days shall be shortened; and 
much flesh shall be saved. 

We ask, Why would the Lord carry through 
this time of trouble a large number of people, 
sparing them from death in the time of trouble, 
unless he intended to minister unto them some 



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particular blessing? And since God has promised 
a blessing of restitution to that which Adam 
lost, and since these promises point to a begin- 
ning of fulfillment immediately following this 
trouble, and since the promise clearly is that the 
elect, constituting the seed of Abraham, accord- 
ing to the promise, shall be the instruments 
through which the blessings shall flow, then this 
statement of Jesus clearly and conclusively 
proves that many peoples living on earth at the 
end of the trouble will be the first ones to be 
offered the blessings of restoration, which bless- 
ings will be offered through the elect, the Mes- 
siah. It follows as a matter of course that those 
accepting the offer as made and rendering them- 
selves in obedience to it shall be restored to that 
which was lost in Adam, viz., life, liberty and 
happiness. 

The prophet of God offers other testimony in 
corroboration of this: "And it shall come to 
pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two 
parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the 
third shall be left therein. And I will bring the 
third part through the fire, and will refine them 
as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is 
tried : they shall call on my name, and I will hear 
them : I will say, It is my people : and they shall 
say, The Lord "is my God/' (Zechariah 13: 8, 9) 
Here, then, is a clear statement to the effect that 
one part God will spare in this time of trouble 
and that these shall ultimately be his people and 
he will be their God. 



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Having in mind that it was an earthly home, 
human life and attendant blessings, that Adam 
lost, and that these are the blessings God prom- 
ises shall be restored to man, we can understand 
the words of the prophet David when he wrote : 
"Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the 
Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The 
Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; 
and he shall be blessed upon the earth ; and thou 
wilt not deliver him unto the will of his ene- 
mies/' (Psalm 41: 1, 2) Here he plainly states 
that those who deal righteously in this time of 
trouble shall be blessed upon the earth. 

HOW TO LIVE FOREVER 

The church systems would have the people 
believe that only those who become church mem- 
bers can be saved. The Bible never taught any 
such doctrine. The Lord never organized the 
nominal systems, and the true church is but a 
little flock, who shall inherit the kingdom of 
heaven, and the others of the world do not in- 
herit it. To the church Jesus said : "Fear not, 
little flock ; for it is your Father's good pleasure 
to give you the kingdom". (Luke 12 : 32) Jesus 
died not only for those who will constitute the 
members of the church, but for all. St. John 
plainly stated: "He is the propitiation [satis- 
faction] for our sins : and not for ours only, but 
also for the sins of the whole world". — 1 John 
2:2. 

The Apostle Paul, discussing the great Ee- 
ideemer and his office, said ; "We see Jesus, who 



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was made a little lower than the angels for the 
suffering of death, crowned with glory and 
honor ; that he by the grace of God should taste 
death for every man. For it became him, for 
whom are all things, and by whom are all things, 
in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the 
captain of their salvation perfect through suf- 
ferings." (Hebrews 2 : 9, 10) Thus we see that 
Jesus died for every man, not only for a few. 
Again says the Apostle : "There is one God, and 
one mediator between God and men, the man 
Christ Jesus; who gave himself a ransom for 
all, to be testified in due time". (1 Timothy 2 : 5, 
6) By this Scripture it is clearly seen that in 
God's due time every creature must hear the 
testimony as to what Jesus has done for him 
and know of the plan of salvation. Again says 
the Apostle Paul: "The gift of God is eternal 
life through Jesus Christ our Lord". (Romans 
6:23) There can be no gift without both a giver 
and a receiver, and this could not operate with- 
out knowledge on the part of both. In other 
words, the giver must intelligently offer the gift 
to another, and the other must intelligently know 
of this fact before he can receive it. It would 
be impossible for the human race, therefore, to 
accept the gift of life everlasting before it is 
offered. It will be offered only in God's due 
time and the divine plan shows that his due time 
is after the seed of promise is developed, after 
the kingdom is set up ; and then each one in his 
order will be brought to a knowledge of the fact 



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that a plan of redemption exists and that the 
way is open for him to accept the terms of it 
and live. Knowledge being essential, it precedes 
the reception of blessings from the Lord; and 
knowing this fact, it is easy to be seen why the 
adversary, the devil, and his agencies so dili- 
gently strive to prevent the people from know- 
ing the truth. But when Messiah's kingdom is 
established we are definitely informed (Revela- 
tion 20:1-4) that Satan will be restrained of 
his power that he might deceive the nations no 
more ; and then the people shall know the truth 
and nothing shall hinder them from knowing it. 

POSITIVE PROMISE 

The words of Jesus must be given full force 
and effect because he spake as never man spake. 
His speech was with absolute authority. And in 
God's due time his words must have a fulfill- 
ment, and they cannot have a fulfillment until 
that due time. Jesus plainly said : '"Verily, ver- 
ily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, 
he shall never see death". (John 8:51) As 
above stated, no one could keep the saying of 
Jesus until he hears it, until he has a knowledge 
of God's arrangement. Throughout the Gospel 
age none but Christians have had this knowledge 
and all who have kept this saying and keep it 
faithfully until the end will receive life everlast- 
ing on the divine plane. (Revelation 2 : 10) The 
remainder of mankind have not heard it ; there- 
fore could not keep it. They will hear, however, 



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in due time after the establishment of the king- 
dom. Then it shall come to pass that every one 
who will keep the saying of the Lord shall never 
see death. This promise would not have been 
made by Jesus if he did not intend to carry it 
into full force and effect in due time. 

Again he said: "Whosoever liveth and be- 
lieve th in me shall never die". (John 11:26) 
Do we believe the Master's statement? If so, 
when the time comes for the world to knoiv, then 
they who believe and, of course, render them- 
selves in obedience to the terms have the abso- 
lute and positive statement of Jesus that they 
shall never die. 

Based upon the argument heretofore set forth, 
then, that the old order of things, the old world, 
is ending and is therefore passing away, and 
that the new order is coming in, and that 1925 
shall mark the resurrection of the faithful 
worthies of old and the beginning of reconstruc- 
tion, it is reasonable to conclude that millions 
of people now on the earth will be still on the 
earth in 1925. Then, based upon the promises 
set forth in the divine Word, we must reach the 
positive and indisputable conclusion that mil- 
lions now living will never die. 

Of course, it does not mean that every one will 
live; for some will refuse to obey the divine 
law; but those who have been evil and turn 
again to righteousness and obey righteousness 
shall live and not die. Of this we have the posi- 
tive statement of the Lord's prophet, as follows : 






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"When the wicked man turneth away from his 
wickedness that he hath committed, and doetli 
that which is lawful and right, he shall save his 
soul alive. Because he considereth, and turneth 
away from all his transgressions that he hath 
committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die." 
— Ezekiell8:27,28. 

RETURNING YOUTH 

The Lord, in the exercise of his loving-kind- 
ness toward man, has graciously given many 
illustrations and pictures of the outworkings of 
his great plan. In the hook of Job he gives us 
a picture of the perfection of man, of his fall, of 
the redemption by the great Bansomer, and then 
the subsequent restoration. When the times of 
restoration begin there will doubtless be many 
men on the earth who will be very old and almost 
ready for the tomb. But those who learn of the 
great ransom-sacrifice and who accept the Ban- 
somer shall return to the days of their youth; 
they shall be restored to perfection of body and 
mind and live on the earth forever. We note the 
words of the prophet: 

"He [Jehovah] keepeth back his [man's] soul 
from the pit, and his life from perishing by the 
sword. He [man] is chastened also with pain 
upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones 
with strong pain: so that his life abhorreth 
bread, and his soul dainty meat. His flesh is 
consumed away, that it cannot be seen ; and his 
bones that were not seen stick out. Yea, his soul 



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draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the 
destroyers." 

Thus is given a vivid description of the dying 
human race, individually and collectively. Then 
the prophet shows how the message of truth will 
be brought to him and he will learn of the great 
ransom-sacrifice. Continuing, he says: "If 
there be a messenger [one who brings a mes- 
sage of glad tidings] with him [man], an inter- 
preter [one who expounds and makes it clear], 
one among a thousand [the Lord will provide 
here and there teachers for the benefit of oth- 
ers], to show unto man his [the Lord's] upright- 
ness: then he [the Lord] is gracious unto him 
[man] , and saith, Deliver him from going down 
to the pit [grave ; and the man joyfully says :] 
I have found a ransom. His flesh shall be fresher 
than a child's : he shall return to the days of his 
youth/'— Job 33:18-25. 

When God expelled Adam from Eden he said : 
"And now, lest he [Adam] put forth his hand, 
and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and 
live for ever : therefore the Lord God sent him 
forth from the garden of Eden, . . . and he 
placed at the east of the garden of Eden cheru- 
bims, and a flaming sword which turned every 
way, to keep the way of the tree of life". (Gene- 
sis 3 : 22 - 24) Thus the Word shows that had 
Adam remained in Eden, feeding upon the per- 
fect food it afforded, he would have continued to 
live. The judgment was executed against him 
by causing him to feed upon imperfect food. 



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Perfect food, therefore, seems a necessary ele- 
ment to sustain human life everlastingly. When 
the kingdom of Messiah is inaugurated, the 
great Messiah will make provision for right 
food conditions. 

Thus, when restoration begins, a man of sev- 
enty years of age will gradually be restored to 
a condition of physical health and mental bal- 
ance. The Lord will teach him how to eat, what 
to eat, and other habits of life ; and above all, the 
truth, and how to think and how to fix his mind 
upon holy things. And by the gradual process 
of restoration he will be lifted up by the great 
Mediator and restored to the days of his youth 
and live on the earth forever and never see 
death. 

RESURRECTION 

Not only will those living on the earth when 
restoration begins have the opportunity of life, 
but all the dead shall be awakened and brought 
back in their regular order and likewise be given 
an opportunity for life. It was the great Master 
who declared : "Marvel not at this : for the hour 
is coming, in the which all that are in the graves 
shall hear his voice, and shall come forth". 
(John 5 : 28,29) St. Paul plainly says : "There 
shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the 
just and unjust". (Acts 24:15) In his clear, 
forceful and logical argument set out in 1 Cor- 
inthians 15, St. Paul conclusively proves that 
the resurrection of Jesus Christ is a guarantee 
that every one of the dead shall be awakened 



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and brought to a knowledge of the truth. Then 
he says: "He [God] hath appointed a day, in 
the which he will judge the world in righteous- 
ness by that man whom he hath ordained; 
whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, 
in that he hath raised him from the dead" (Acts 
17: 31) ; thus showing that during the reign of 
the Messiah every one shall have one fair and 
impartial opportunity for the blessings of life, 
ribert}^ and happiness. 

The brave young men who went to war and 
died upon the battlefield have not gone to heaven, 
nor to eternal torture, as the creeds of Christen- 
dom would make their loved ones believe. They 
have not shed their bodies and gone floating 
about in space, as the spiritists would make men 
believe. They are dead, waiting for the resur- 
rection; and in due time they shall be brought 
back to the condition of life and restored to their 
loved ones and be given a full opportunity to 
accept the terms of the new order of things and 
live forever. 

Many a good mother has spent sleepless nights 
and wept tears of bitterness because of her loved 
one that died upon the battlefield. Many a 
sweetheart, many a father, many a child, has 
likewise been bowed down in sorrow because of 
the great suffering that the war, trouble and 
death entailed upon the people. 

CLERGY'S OPPORTUNITY 

What a wonderful opportunity the clergy have 



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had and neglected during the past five years of 
distress ! Instead of misleading the people into 
erroneous ways, where they have found sorrow 
reigning in the home because of the death of 
loved ones, because of the loss upon the battle- 
field of some dear one, what a splendid opportu- 
nity to call attention to the precious promises of 
the Scriptures! For instance, to say to the 
weeping mother: "Thus saith the Lord: . . . 
Kef rain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes 
from tears; for thy work shall be rewarded, 
saith the Lord ; and they shall come again from 
the land of the enemy. And there is hope in 
thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall 
come again to their own border." (Jeremiah 
31: 15 - 17) The land of the enemy is the land 
of death, because death is the great enemy ; and 
the Lord will call back all who have gone into 
that condition, and during his reign he will de- 
stroy death. — 1 Corinthians 15 : 25, 26. 

APPEAL TO THE CLERGY 

It is not my thought to hold up the clergy to 
ridicule, but rather would I appeal to them that 
they fulfill their duty and obligation to the peo- 
ple in this hour of distress. I would remind 
them that the commission given to all followers 
of Jesus is not to convert the world and bring 
them into some organized system. Their com- 
mission is not to collect money from the people 
to carry out these purposes. Their commission 
is not to persecute others. But their divinely 



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given commission is plainly set forth, by the 
Lord in these words : "The Spirit of the Lord 
God is npon me ; because the Lord hath anointed 
me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he 
hath sent me to bind np the brokenhearted, to 
proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening 
of the prison to them that are bonnd; to pro- 
claim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the 
day of vengeance of onr God ; to comfort all that 
monrn ; to appoint onto them that mourn in Zion, 
to give nnto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy 
for mourning, the garment of praise for the 
spirit of heaviness; that they might be called 
trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, 
that he might be glorified/' — Isaiah 61 : 1 - 3. 

Xever was there such a time to bind up the 
brokenhearted; never such a time to comfort 
those that mourn, as now. Why not tell the 
people the beautiful, wonderful truths contained 
in the Bible and thereby enable them to look 
beyond the distress that afflicts mankind, to the 
new day that is coming in when life, liberty, 
happiness and blessings will be offered to all 
mankind ! 

GREAT JOY COMING 

It was life, liberty and happiness that Adam 
possessed and lost. These things Jesus pur- 
chased by his own blood. In the time of his 
reign he will give liberty to all the prisoners in 
the prison-house of death and under the domina- 
tion of the adversary, as beautifully declared by 
the prophet, thus establishing full liberty in the 



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earth: "Behold my servant, whom I uphold; 
mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth ; I have 
put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth 
judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not cry, nor 
lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the 
street. A bruised reed shall he not break, and 
the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall 
bring forth judgment unto truth. He shall not 
fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judg- 
ment in the earth : and the isles shall wait for his 
law. Thus saith God the Lord, he that created 
the heavens, and stretched them out; he that 
spread forth the earth, and that which cometh 
out of it ; he that giveth bread unto the people 
upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein : I 
the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and 
will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give 
thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of 
the Gentiles ; to open the blind eyes, to bring out 
the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit 
in darkness out of the prison-house." — Isaiah 
42:1-7. 

We have heretofore set forth how the Lord will 
minister life everlasting to all the obedient ones 
under his glorious reign. And when these fa- 
vors are returned it will indeed be a time of 
happiness — a happiness that will come to stay. 
God's prophet, looking down to that time, under 
inspiration of the Holy Spirit, wrote : "The ran- 
somed of the Lord [the whole human race] shall 
return [from the condition of bondage to sin and 
death], and come to Zion [the Messiah] with 



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songs and everlasting joy upon their heads : they 
shall obtain joy and gladness, ana sorrow and 
sighing shall flee away". — Isaiah 35 : 10. 

Then the prophet *n beautiful phrase pictures 
how the earth itself shall become a fit habitation 
for man. The wilderness and the solitary place 
will blossom as the rose, and streams shall break 
forth in the desert; the earth will yield its in- 
crease, and everything in the earth give praise 
to God for the fulfillment of his wonderful 
promises. 

This is the Golden Age of which the prophets 
prophesied and of which the Psalmist sang ; and 
it is the privilege of the student of the divine 
Word today, by the eye of faith, to see that we 
are standing at the very portals of that blessed 
time! Let us look up and lift up our heads. 
Deliverance is at the door! 

GLORIOUS CLIMAX 

The Messiah, the Christ in glory, will consti- 
tute the new invisible ruling power; therefore 
designated in the Scriptures as the new heaven. 
The righteous government organized in the 
earth will constitute what the Scriptures sym- 
bolically speak of as the new earth — the earthly 
phase of the Lord's kingdom. St. Peter stated 
that the faithful ones, according to God's prom- 
ise, look for such "new heavens and a new earth, 
wherein dwelleth righteousness". — 2 Peter 3 : 13. 

When John the Eevelator was serving his sen- 
tence on the isle of Patmos, our Lord showed 



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approval of him and visited him and graciously 
granted to him a marvelous vision, which is re- 
corded as a part of the Holy Scriptures. With 
ecstasy that inspired witness of the Lord wrote : 
"And I saw a new heaven [invisible ruling 
power] and a new earth [organized society] : 
for the first heaven and the first earth [the old 
order] were passed away; and there was no 
more sea. And I John saw the holy city [the 
kingdom of Messiah], new Jerusalem, coming 
down from God out of heaven, prepared as a 
bride adorned for her husband. And I heard 
a great voice out of heaven, saying, Behold, the 
tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell 
with them, and they shall be his people, and God 
himself shall be with them, and be their God. 
And God shall wipe away all tears from their 
eyes ; and there shall be no more death, neither 
sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any 
more pain: for the former things are passed 
away. And he that sat upon the throne said, 
Behold, I make all things new. And he said 
unto me, Write: for these words are true and 
faithful."— Bevelation 21 : 1 - 5. 

No one can gainsay this positive and conclu- 
sive promise that under the Messiah's reign 
death shall be destroyed, and sorrow, sighing 
and crying shall cease, and that all who are 
obedient shall be restored to life, liberty and 
happiness. And since the old order is passing 
away and the new is coming in, we can with con- 
fidence proclaim the glad message that millions 



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now living on the earth will be granted the op- 
portunity for life everlasting and those who 
obey shall never die, but shall be restored and 
live in happiness, joy and peace upon the earth 
forever. 

The following Scriptures, compiled by C. J. Woodworth, tend to 
substantiate the foregoing presentations : 

GENESIS 

1 : 26. God designs that man shall have the dominion of earth. 
He does not have that dominion yet, as explained in Hebrews 2 : 8, 
9, and he cannot have it until the Life-Giver returns and gives it. 

1 : 28. If it is God's purpose to fill the earth with a race that 
shall be all righteous, as declared by the prophet, Isaiah 60 : 21. 
The basin of the xlmazon is so rich that nothing but a population of 
swarming billions could ever subdue the rank vegetation. 

2 : 2, 3. It was the divine plan that man should have six one- 
thousand-year days of toil under the great taskmaster, Sin, to be 
followed by a seventh one-thousand-year day of rest from it. This 
is here foreshadowed. 

2 : 8, 9. This is a picture of what the whole world is to become. 
The work we now see everywhere going on about us, of beautifying 
the earth, is part of the preparation for Messiah's reign. 

3 : 15. The Messiah is to have the power to destroy Satan and 
all the works of Satan, one of which is death. When Messiah reigns, 
Satan will no longer have power to lead men into sin and death. 

3 : 21. This looks forward to the sacrifice of the Lamb of God, 
and thus to provision for redeeming man from the curse of death. 

3 : 22 - 24. God purposes that man shall live forever upon earth. 

4 : 4. Abel's sacrifice looked forward to the all-sufficient one. 

4 : 8. Abel's death represented the death of the Christ ; it is the 
death of these that makes the future blessings sure. 

8 : 21. In the passing over from "this present evil world" to "the 
world to come" God will not smite all, but will save some alive. 

9 : 11. All flesh shall not be cut off again. 

9 : 15. Again, "Millions now living will never die". 

12 : 3. When the due time comes for blessing all the families of 
the earth, those then living will be due for a blessing also. 

13 : 15, 16. Some are promised an everlasting earthly inheritance. 
13 : 17. Abraham's promised inheritance is to be on the earth. 
15 : 7 - 21. The word here rendered "whereby" conveys the 

thought of, "Please give me all the information available on the 
subject." The Lord answered in signs which we summarize : 

Eleven symbolic years, the combined ages of these animals, equal 
3,960 literal years. They begin to count, as appears from Genesis 
16 : 3, "after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan" 
and this, as the Bible chronology shows, was about October 1, 2,030 
B. C. 2,035i years brings us down to the A. D. period and 1,924| 
brings us to the full end of the 3,960. 1,924 full years of the A. 
D. period will end December 31, 1924 A. D. and f years more ends 
about October 1, 1925 A. D., at which time there is reason to 
believe that Abraham will come into possession of his inheritance. 

The attendant phenomena seem to suggest that the vision will be 
fulfilled during the time of trouble, pictured by the "smoking 
furnace" ; at a time when the Lord Jesus will be present in his 
second advent as the light of the world, pictured as a "burning 



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lamp". As ten is a symbol of national completeness the ten nations 
here mentioned seem to represent all the nations of the earth. 

17 : 8. The everlasting inheritance of Abraham and his posterity 
is to be on earth. As some will never die and the time for them to 
appear is near it is reasonable to infer that co-inheritors now living 
will never die, and there are millions of them. 

17 : 17 - 19. The name of Isaac, meaning "laughter" ; the fact 
thai; he typified the Christ, as explained in Galatians 4 : 28 ; and 
the fact that he was the blesser of all his brethren, as here prophe- 
sied, prove that there will come a time when millions will never die. 

18 : 18. All the nations of the earth, including the dead nations 
are here promised a blessing, implying their resurrection. When that 
time comes the living will be blessed with opportunities for life also. 

19 : 17 - 22. As Lot and his two daughters were delivered from 
the destruction of literal Sodom and given a little city to live in. 
so it may be that many will be delivered from the destruction of 
churchianity, "that city which is spiritually called Sodom", Revela- 
tion 11 : 8, and permitted to live on into the new order of things. 

21 : 14 - 19. The hopes of the world are knit up with the hopes 
of fleshly Israel, whom Ishmael represented, even as Isaac repre- 
sented spiritual Israel. The hopes of Zionists were revived at the 
great Hippodrome meeting in 1910 when Pastor Russell delivered 
his address on Zionism in Prophecy to 5,500 Jews. Here the anti- 
typical Ishmael, ready to die of thirst, was supplied with just the 
water of life most needed. This is a sign of the early approach 
Of returning favor to the Jew, now manifest in Zionism. 

22 : 7, 8, 13. The lamb caught in the thicket represented Jesus, 
the blesser of all the living and the dead. 

22 : 18. The living nations will participate in these blessings. 

25 : 1 - 4. Keturah represented the New Covenant, God's means 
for fulfilling the Abrahamic Covenant and blessing all mankind. 
She had six sons, representing that her offspring, at first, are imper- 
fect. But she had ten grandsons, symbol of national completeness, 
symbolizing that, in the end, the whole world will own the New Cov- 
enant as their source of life, and by it will reach perfection. 

26 : 3. The living nations will participate in these blessings. 

28 : 12. A vision of our Lord Jesus in his capacity as the Savior 
of mankind, bringing blessings of life to all, living and dead. 

28 : 14. The living families will participate in these blessings. 

35 : IS. The fact that we now see the time of nominal Zion's 
travail argues that the time for the blessing of mankind is near. 
Benjamin, in a way, brought blessings to his other brethren. 

45 : 3 - 5. This revelation of Joseph to his brethren prior to his 
blessing of them represents the second advent of our Lord now 
being gradually revealed to the world to their ultimate joy. 

49 : 10. Shiloh is Christ, the Prince of Peace, the peacemaker 
between heaven and earth. When he begins to draw all men unto 
himself it will include the millions now living as well as the dead. 

50 : 17. This represents the spirit of prayer and supplication 
as it will shortly be poured out upon millions now living. 

50 : 20. As God was pleased to save much people alive at the 
hands of Joseph, so there is reason to believe he will be equally 
pleased to save alive millions now living at the hands of Christ. 

EXODUS 

3 : 8. This represents the purpose of the second advent of Christ 

4 : 4. This represents God's purpose to lay hold upon present 
evil conditions, banishing sin and death and every evil thing. 

5,: 17. This sign preceding Israel's deliverance from Egypt we 
now see preceding mankind's deliverance from Satan's empire. 

7 : 12. This sign preceding Israel's deliverance shows how our 
clear comprehension of the reason for the permission of evil com- 



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pletely obliterates by its greater power previous explanations. 

7 : 20. This sign shows how the millions of tracts setting forth 
the blessed harvest tidings would seem to churchianity. This sign, 
fulfilled, shows that the time for earth's deliverance is near. 

The succeeding chapters of Exodus, down to 12 :30 inclusive, 
narrating the plagues successively of frogs, lice, flies, murrain, 
boils, hail, locusts, darkness and the death of the firstborn, repre- 
sent successive manifestations of God's power in setting forth the 
truth. Among the antitypes of these plagues we see the seven vol- 
umes of Studies in the Scriptures. The fact that these have all been 
published shows that the deliverance of the world is nigh. 

14 : 29,30. The passage of Israel through the Red Sea may rep- 
resent that some will pass through the time of anarchy alive. 

15 : 13. This applies to the whole world of mankind. 

15 : 26. This promise to fleshly Israel applies also to the world 
of mankind in the end of the gospel age. 

10 : 21. As the Israelites gathered the manna fresh every morn- 
ing so the world in the new age will need to seek supplies of grace 
to live. This will apply to those living when the day of grace dawns. 

16 : 23. It was the divine plan that man should have a great 
Sabbath day for recovery of living and dead from sin and death. 

19 ?10, 11. This third day represents the early morning of the 
third thousand-year day beginning with the thousand-year day in 
which the ransom was provided for the living as well as the dead. 

20 : 8 - 10. The Sabbath day typified the great thousand-year 
Sabbath day of restitution for the living as well as the dead. 

28 : 33. The bells of gold represent that when the King shall 
come the fruits of his redemptive work will be manifest to all. 

32 : 34. This leading of the people into the promised land rep- 
resents the leading back of all who will into harmony with God. 

34 : 30. The bright-shining of which Israel was afraid represents 
the time of trouble which the world will not be able to endure. 
Following this the greater than Moses, Christ, will speak to the living 
and the dead through the medium of the vail, the Ancient Worthies. 

LEYITICFS 

9 : 23. This appearance of the glory of the Lord unto all the 
people represented the time soon coming when "the glory of the Lord 
[his love for all men, living and dead] shall be revealed" to all. 

13 : 2. This represents the arrangement of the Lord for the 
healing of all mankind, living and dead, from sin, in the new age. 

14:4. The cedar wood represents the everlasting life that may 
be obtained by living and dead in the Millennial age, the scarlet 
the blood of the ransom, the hyssop the cleansing Word. 

14 : 12. The trespass offerings represent the means of reconcilia- 
tion shortlv to be opened for the living as well as the dead. 

15 : 5. Those who will keep the new laws may live everlastingly. 
23 : 3. The Sabbath day typified the great thousand-year Sabbath 

dav of recovery of the living and dead from sin and death. 

25 : 10. This represents the coming deliverance of all, living 
and dead. 

26 : 18, 24, 28. The seven Gentile times ended in the fall of 1914. 

26 : 34, 35, 40 - 45. A reference to the seventy jubilees which 
must pass over Israel before they really enter the promised land. 
These 3,500 years began with the entrance into Canaan in the 
spring of 1575 B. C, 15744 years before the A. D. era and wall 
come to their full end in 1924^, or about April 1, 1925, at which 
time we may expect the resurrection of the Ancient Worthies and 
the beginning of the blessing of all the families of the earth, living 
as well as dead. The Inst year of the 3,500 years will be itself a 
jubilee year witnessing the antitype, the great jubilee of restitution. 

27 :24. Another reference to the coming deliverance of all men, 



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NUMBERS 

14 : 31 - 34. The last verse of this citation is one of the keys 
that unlock the time prophecies and one, therefore, by which we 
discern that the world has ended. There seems to be a parallelism 
in the preceding verses between the experiences of the professed 
people of God in this harvest time and the experiences of fleshly 
Israel there. We may see that the forty years wandering of 
spiritual Israel began in the fall of 1881. The ten unfaithful spies, 
the worldly clergy, rejected the restitution message as an awful 
message, a devilish message, and the people heeded them instead of 
heeding the truth, but it may well be that, literally, they and their 
systems shall fail to enter in, while their children, literally, shall 
have the promised inheritance. It may be that these worldly 
systems will go down in the fall of 1921. Or the forty years may be 
viewed as beginning with the proclamation of the harvest message 
in 1878 and ending with the beginning of the downfall of ecclesias- 
ticism, which took place in Russia in 1918. 

19 : 9. These ashes of the red heifer, kept for the cleansing of 
the people from sin, represent the remembrance of the faithfulness 
of the Ancient Worthies which will be available for all ere long. 

21 : 9. The serpent of brass represented sin, Satan's agent in 
luring our first parents into condemnation, hence our Lord Jesus 
who took the place of the sinner, living and dead. 

DEUTERONOMY 

4 : 9 - 11. These words, applicable to Israel at the inauguration 
of the old Law Covenant, will be applicable to all mankind, living 
and dead, at the inauguration of the new Law Covenant. The 
fulfillment of these symbols we now see going on about us. 

4 : 40. Under the new Law Covenant Israel and, by extension, 
all mankind, living and dead, may, if obedient, live forever. 

5 : 12 - 14. Fleshly Israel's day of rest typified the coming time 
in which the whole world, living and dead, shall rest from sin. 

5 : 16. Those may live forever who honor Jehovah and the New 
Covenant, represented here by father and mother. 

18 : 15 - 18. A prophecy of the coming offer of life to all. 

28 : 1 - 14. Representing the blessings coming upon all the world, 
living and dead, with the advert of the new Law Covenant. 

30 : 15, 19. These words apply to all the world, living and dead, 
in the dawn of the new age. They have never yet had fulfillment ; 
never yet has a real offer of life for the living been held out to any. 

32 : 43. This rejoicing of the nations of earth with Israel has 
not yet taken place, but it will take place for both living and dead. 

JOSHUA 

1 : 11. The three days' preparation of victuals represent the 
thousand-year day in which Christ was crucified and the two suc- 
ceeding ones in which the church is gathered out. Upon this food 
the world, living and dead, will feed in the age almost at hand. 

5 : 12. Representing new offers of life to millions now living. 

6 : 20. This represents the utter overthrow of the powers of sin, 
and the end of all necessity for any man to die. Already we see 
the walls of the antitypical Jericho, ehurchianity, tottering. 

14 : 10. This keeping of Caleb alive from the time Israel left 
Egypt until the promised land had been conquered and divided 
represents how some will go over into the new age without dying. 

JUDGES 
3 : 9. The judges of ancient times were not only rulers but deliv- 
erers. The present commotion in the earth is due to the fact that 
the Judge is here and the judgment day is under way. The Judge 
not only will suppress all wrong but will bold out life for all. 



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1. SAMUEL 

2 : 6. Soon none will need longer to go into the grave. 
11 : 12, 13. In some senses of the word the first king of Israel 
represented earth's new king — "not willing that any should perish". 

2. SAMUEL 

7 : 10. When the time has ^ome that Israel shall "dwell in a 
place of their own and move no more" the time will also have come 
when "millions now living will never die". 

19 : 21, 22. David was a type of earth's coming king — "not will- 
ing that any should perish". 

1. KINGS 

1 : 51, 52. Solomon similarly was a type of earth's coming king. 

8 : 56. The rest from their enemies which came upon fleshly 

Israel represents the real rest coming upon all the living and dead. 

2. KINGS 

4 : 5, 6. This pouring out of the oil represents the pouring out 
of the holy spirit upon all flesh, living and dead. Every vessel fitted 
for its reception shall be filled to the full with God's spirit. 

1. CHRONICLES 

16 : 31 - 34. The judgment day, which we have already entered, 
is a time of hope and blessing for all mankind, living and dead. 
IT : 9. A permanent dwelling place signifies the end of death. 

2. CHRONICLES 

36 : 21. A reference to the seventy jubilees beginning in the 
spring of 1575 B. C. and ending in the spring of 1925. When these 
jubilees are complete the time will have come for blessing all. 

NEHEMIAH 

8 : 5 - 12. This reading of the law by Ezra and the aid rendered 
by his thirteen assistants, followed by the rejoicing of the people, 
seems to represent the coming unfolding of his Word by the Lord, 
the cooperation of the twelve tribes of spiritual Israel and the great 
company, and the subsequent joy of all, living and dead. 

JOB 

33 : 14 - 30. Elihu, not one of the three contenders with Job that 
were reproved by the Almighty, but a fourth one whose utterances 
seem to have been guided by the Loi'd, calls attention to the fact 
that God has repeatedly warned mankind during this night time of 
evil ; that man has seen strange visions upon his creed bed through- 
out this period, but now that we are in the day of wrath he is 
getting his eyes and ears open. No longer shall men be permitted 
to follow their own plans. Then follows the history of a man that 
is sick, his pains, his failing appetite, his loss of flesh, all suggest- 
ing his speedy dissolution. Then he explains that if the time has 
come for the second advent of the Lord, the Messenger of the Cove- 
nant, God's interpreter of his own character, the fairest among ten 
thousand, God is gracious unto the sick one and says, in substance 
"He need not die, the ransom has been applied for' him ; if he will 
repent of his sins he may grow young again and live forever." 

38 : 11 - 15. Evil is permitted only to a certain extent. Here its 
coming end is shown as associated with the fixed time for the 
coming of the Dayspring from on high. When he comes, in the lan- 
guage of verse 14 (Leeser) "She is changed as the sealing clay and 
all things stand as though newly clad". All things shall be made 
new ; death shall be no more. 



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42 : 12. Job's experiences picture the experiences of those of 
mankind ^.that shall live through the time of anarchy. 

PSALMS 

2 : 1 - 12. This entire psalm has particular reference to our day. 

4 : 3. The kind of people that will be spared in the day of wrath. 
5:3-7. Here is a prayer that the world of mankind may well 

pray in their morning, a prayer that they may not be destroyed. 

5 : 11, 12. Those whom the Lord defends and blesses in the time 
of trouble need not pass into death. 

6 : 4, 5, 9. David's prayer to be delivered out of death, and its 
favorable answer afford encouragement to millions now living. 

7 : 9, 10. In the Millennial age the wickedness of the wicked will 
come to an end and the just shall be established, defended, saved. 

8:1-9. God's original purpose to have man as the lord of his 
earthly dominion is here stated, and there is also a reference to the 
divine determination to visit him, which will mean his life spared. 

9 : 9, 10. This promise would seem to be particularly appropriate 
to those living in the greatest of all times of trouble. 

10 : 16. When the heathen are perished out of the earth there 
will be no occasion for anybody else to perish, but all may live. 

11 : 6, 7. When the wicked are destroyed others will be preserved. 

13 : 3 - 6. A prayer especially appropriate to those now living. 

15:1-5. After the time of trouble there will be only one 
mountain or hill left, the kingdom of God, represented by Mount 
Moriah. This Psalm shows who alone may dwell permanently in it. 

16 : 11. The parable of the sheep and the goats, Matthew 25 : 
31 - 46 shows that those on the right hand of earth's new king 
need never die, even as here suggested. 

17 : 4. Words peculiarly appropriate for some of the world at 
this time. 

18 : 12 - 14. These signs that the world has ended are here. 

22 : 27, 28. When all the kindreds of the nations worship before 
the Lord none will need to die. The Lord, as governor, is at the door. 

24 : 3 - 5. Shows who may permanently dwell in the kingdom, 

25 : 12, 13. A promise for millions now living that will never die. 
27 : 1 - 14. This entire Psalm seems to be one in which the poor 

world can take special comfort in this evil day. 

30 : 1 - 12. This Psalm of rejoicing will be appropriate to the 
millions now living that are carried through the time of trouble. 

31 : 22 - 24. Words appropriate for those who are spared. 

32 : 6 - 11. Other words appropriate to the world now. 

33 : 18 - 22. A promise that millions now living will never die. 

34 : 11 - 22. Words addressed to millions now living. 

35 : 9, 10. With the close of the time of trouble the Lord will 
deliver man from the power of "him that is too strong for him". 

36 : 7 - 10. Words appropriate for millions now living. 

37 : 1 - 40. This entire Psalm is filled with direct evidence that 
there are millions now living that will never die. 

41 : 1 - 3. A promise that millions now living will never die. 

45 : 16, 17. There are to be princes in all the earth and a people 
there that shall praise the Lord for ever and ever without death. 

46 : 1 - 11. This Psalm shows that the world has ended. 

47 : 7, 8. When God is king over all the earth, reigning over 
the (now) heathen nations, there will be blessings of life for all. 

49 : 7. But God provided one who could give a ransom price. 

53 : 6. This rejoicing will be on the part of the living. 

55 : 22, 23. The destruction of the bloody and deceitful, coupled 
with the statement that the righteous shall not be moved, is evi- 
dence that there will be a time when some will not need to die. 

59 : 16. God's mercy and power to deliver from the grave are to 
be made manifest in the Millennial morning. 



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60 : 2 - 4. Evidences that the world has ended. 
65 : 5. God is not yet the confidence of the ends of all the earth 
but when he is, death will be no more. 

66 : 4. When all the earth worships God death will be at an end. 

67 : 1 - 7. God's saving health is to be made known among all 
nations. This whole Psalm is appropriate to this, our day. 

68 : 1 - 3. The destruction of the wicked implies that the right- 
eous will not be destroyed ; indeed, the text says they shall be glad, 

69 : 35, 36. This language seems to imply that certain Jews will 
have a permanent inheritance in the land, and that inheritance will 
be shared by others, including some now living. 

72 : 2 - 7. The breaking in pieces of Satan, the great oppressor, 
implies that his reign of death shall end. The condition of man 
now is like that of mown grass. He is on the way to death, but 
the return of Christ will bring life as showers to dying grass. 

72 : 12 - 14. The poor world needs life and redemption from the 
violence of death and their cry shall be heard. 

72 : 16. Here is promised prolonged life for those who dwell in 
the cities, now admittedly the hardest places to sustain life. 

76 : 8, 9. Now, in the judgment day, God will save the meek. 

82 : 1 - 5. Evidence that the world has ended. 

84 : 11. Now that the due time has come God will not withhold 
the gift of continued life from those that walk uprightly. 

86 : 9. When the due time comes for the dead nations to come 
forth and worship God millions then living will never die. 

89 : 15. The joyful sound is that the King has come, bringing 
life not only to the dead but to the living. 

90 : 3. Shortly none will need to continue going into destruction. 
92 : 9 - 12. When the enemies of the Lord perish those who are 

not his enemies may continue to live, to flourish like the palm tree. 
94 : 20 - 23. When the Lord cuts off the wicked in their iniquity, 
especially those who frame their mischief into laws for the sup- 
pression of his truth, the innocent will be spared from like fate. 

96 : 1, 10 - 13. The new song is that the King has come to bring 
life to the dead and the living. 

97 : 1 - 6. Evidences that the world has ended. When all the 
people see (understand) the Lord's glory none will longer need to die. 

98 : 2. Here the complete evangelization of the world is shown 
and when this time arrives none will longer need to die. 

100 : 1 - 5. When all lands unite in praise of the Lord's mercy 
death will be at an end. 

101:5-8. When the slanderers, the proud, the deceitful and 
the wicked are cut off, the faithful and perfect of heart may live on. 

102 : 19, 20, 28. Evidence that millions now living will never die. 

103 : 19. When the Lord's kingdom rules over all none need die. 
104 : 5. The earth is designed to be the home of an everlasting 

race. God did not design to fill the earth with dying creatures. 

104 : 35. When the wicked are no more the righteous may live on. 
107 : 11 - 16. Our parents in Eden rebelled against God's Word, 

set at naught his counsel and fell down, in labor, under the curse 
of death. Out from this curse they are shown here as emerging, 
the bands which have been hastening them toward the brass gates 
and iron bars of the tomb having been sundered. 

107 : 24 - 31. Here we have a picture of present conditions indi- 
cating that the w T orld has ended, and accompanying it is the state- 
ment that the Lord will bring peace and life out of the turmoil. 

110 : 3 - 6. Here is represented the submission of earth's peoples 
to the Lord in the day of his power and such submission will bring 
life. The last verse supplies evidence that the world has ended. 

112 : 4. The greatest light that can arise upon man in this land 
of darkness is the Sun of Righteousness, bringing compassion and life. 

113 : 3 - 8. Here is evidence that the Lord shall be praised 



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everywhere and that in that day some of the poor and needy of 
mankind will be given life and a place with the Ancient Worthies, 

115 : 1G - 18. Words appropriate for millions now living. 

116 : 6 - 9. The Lord will preserve some from going into death. 

118 : 15 - 23. ''I shall not die, but live" is a theme for today. 

119 : 119. The putting away of the wicked implies life to others. 
119 : 144. An assurance of coutinued life to the wise toward God. 
125 : 4, 5. The crooked and the workers of iniquity are to go 

into death but good (life) is to be to the upright. 

139 : 24. The righteous may be led in the way everlasting. 

140 : 11 - 13. The violent will be overthrown along with the 
evil speakers, but the upright will be privileged to live on. 

145 : 9 - 21. The twentieth verse is direct evidence that those 
that love the Lord need not die when the wicked are destroyed, and 
the balance of the context is all appropriate to that thought. 

PROVERBS 

2 : 20, 21. Direct evidence that some will continue to live on. 

3 : 1, 2. Here some are promised long life and peace and this 
life and peace may be everlasting. 

3 : 13 - 18. Length of days and the tree of life promised to some. 
11 : 31. Some of the righteous will be rewarded with everlasting 

human life. When that time conies millions now living need not die. 
29 : 2. All will rejoice over Christ's righteous rule and live on. 

ECCLESIASTES 
1 : 4. God designed the earth to be the permanent home of man, 
and although now the generations succeed one another in death 
yet death shall cease, as other Scriptures show. 

CANTICLES 

2 : 8 - 13, 17. Here is evidence that the world has ended and that 
the world's springtime of hope and of life has come. 

4:6. A reference to the dawn of the day of life for the world. 

5 : 9. Inquiry is the first step to hearing, and hearing is the first 
step toward life. This text is located in the immediate future. 

ISAIAH 

1 : 9. Since Brother Russell applies verse 3 to nominal Christen- 
dom, this verse may apply to the millions Avho will not die, but who 
Will be a very small remnant compared to the billions of dead. 

1 : 19. Continued life will be the reward of willingness. 

1 : 24 - 31. Evidence that the world has ended, the transgressors 
are to be destroyed and the judges (life-givers) restored. 

2:2-4. When the time comes that many nations and peoples 
desire to join themselves to the Lord death will cease. 

2 : 7. 8. An evidence that the world has ended. 

2 : 11. When Jehovah is exalted in the hearts of men there will 
be no occasion for death to continue. 

2 : 20. Evidences of the end of the world. 

3 : 5. Evidences that the world has ended. Compare 2 Timothy 
3. "In the last days perilous times shall come", etc. 

3 : 10. The righteous shall eat the fruit of their own doings. 
3 : 12. In the end of the age preachers cause the people to err. 
4:2-6. Direct evidence that millions now living will never die. 

5 : 7. An evidence of the end of the age. 

6 : 13. A hint that possibly one-tenth will live on forever. 

8 : 21 to 9:7. Evidence that the world has ended and an ever- 
lasting era of peace is at hand. In this era death shall cease. 
11 : 4 - 9. Nothing shall hurt nor destroy. Death will cease. 
11 : 12 - 16. An evidence that the world has ended. 



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12 : 1 - 6. When the world of mankind is Joyfully drawing water 
out of the wells of salvation they will appreciate this prophecy. 

14 : 7. Rest from every foe, including death, is here promised. 

16 : 5. When lasting righteousness prevails in the earth none 
will longer need to die. 

18 : 3. The seventh trumpet marks the jubilee of earth, the 
end of death and of dying. 

19 : 21 - 25. Here is pictured the healing of the sin-sick world, 

21 : 12. Earth's time of inquiry after God is after her trouble. 

24 : 6. A direct statement that there will be some men left 
after the time of trouble has swept the earth. 

24 : 16 - 23. Evidences that the world has ended. The glorious 
reign of the Prince of Life also made known. 

25 : 6 - 12. A feast of fat nourishing things provided ; death is 
condemned to be swallowed up in victory. 

26 : 9. The inhabitants of the world, living and dead, will learn 
righteousness when the Lord's judgments are in the earth. 

26 : 19. When the earth casts out her dead none will longer 
need to go into death. 

27 : 1 - 6. Evidences that the world has ended. 

27 : 12, 13. The seventh trumpet marks the end of death. 

28 : 18. Agreement with the grave to be ended ; none to go there. 

29 : 19 - 24. The meek shall increase their joy in the Lord, not 
gradually lose it, pogroms will be at an end and even sneaking pro- 
vocateur's will come to know something of justice and truth. 

30 : 26. Jehovah will Kind vv the hurt of his people. 
In noble things shall the noble continue. 
18. God's people shall abide in a sure dwellmgplace. . 
The Lord will be the salvation of some in the evil time. 
In the Lord's times there will be stability and salvation. 
Seek peace, seek righteousness : ye may never die. 
Jehovah will save us. This may now be said by some. 
The inhabitant sball not say, I am sick. 

34 : 16, 17. Men shall dwell from generation to generation fol- 
lowing the time when the Word of the Lord becomes understood. 

35:1-10. This includes the thought of physical restoration of 
those now feeble, blind, deaf, and lame and their progress irom the 
dying condition to that of everlasting joy. 

40 : 1 - 5. Here are mirrored stupendous social changes and the 
straightening out of all earth's crooked and rough places. All 
flesh, the living, no less than the dead, shall see the glory of the 
Lord, come to know his glorious attribute of love. 

41 : 1. The people shall renew their strength. They need not die. 

41 : 17 - 20. The perfection of the earth as the everlasting home 
of man is here visioned, with its blessings of life for the needy. 

42 : 1 - 7. When the time comes for the Lord to bring the pris- 
oners out of death's prison house none need longer die. 

42 : 16. This way of restitution will be a new way for the world, 
a way of life and not a way of death. 

45 : 8. Salvation, life, shall spring forth from the earth under 
the beneficient reign of the new heavens. 

45:17-39. Israel shall not be ashamed nor confounded, world 
without end. God made the earth to be man's permanent home. 

45 : 22 - 24. All the ends of the earth shall be saved, in right- 
eousness and strength. 

49 : 6. When the Lord is for salvation unto the end of the earth 
that salvation will be for the living as well as the dead. 

49 : 8. The earth is to be established and its desolate heritages 
inherited. God's covenant is to bless the people with life. 

49 : 13. The Lord will have mercy upon the mourning people. 

50 : 2. Who is able to prove that the Lord has no power to 
deliver man from going down into the tomb? 



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51 : 6. God's salvation shall be forever. 

51 : 11. Sorrow and mourning shall be at an end. 

51 : 21 - 23. The afflicted shall no more drink of God's wrath. 

52 : 10. When all the ends of the earth see the salvation of our 
God it will include the living as well as the dead. 

52 : 15. The sprinkling of many nations with the blood of the 
New Covenant will mean their healing, their life. 

53 : 11. Christ would never be satisfied unless the time should 
come when those for whom he died that they might live should 
have the opportunity to live which he bought for them. 

54 : 3. The seed of the Christ, i. e., Israel, is to possess the 
nations. It is not God's purpose that this shall be a dead inheritance. 

55 : 3. Hear and your soul shall live — shall never die. 

55 : 7 - 13. God will abundantly pardon the wicked who turn to 
him after the day of wrath is ended. 

56 : 6 - 8. Here is pictured the reconciliation of all the world, 
living and dead — the gathering of the outcasts. 

58 : 11. The righteous shall be like a spring of water. 

60 : 1 - 13. This entire passage speaks of the glory of ransomed 
Israel and the gathering of the forces of the redeemed race under 
their banner. This includes the living and the dead. 

60 : 18. There shall be no more destruction in the land. 

60 : 21. The people will all be righteous and not need to die. 

61 : 1 - 5. A part of the church's commission is now to help the 
stricken world to put on beauty for ashes, to rejoice instead of 
mourn, to put on the garments of praise for the spirit of heaviness, 
by declaring that millions now living will never die. 

62 : 10. The way is now being prepared for the people, a way by 
which they may go up to everlasting life without dying. 

65 : 8. For the elect's sake God will not utterly destroy man. 

65 : 17. There shall be a new earth, one in which men do not die. 

65 : 20. The houses and vineyards of the people will be their 
permanent possession. They need not die and leave them. 

66 : 18, 19. When all nations see God's glory, there will be 
millions then living that will see it likewise and will not need to 
die. The glory of God is his mercy, his love, his pity. 

JEREMIAH 

3 : 12 - 18.- Israel shall have knowledge and understanding and 
no more walk after the imagination of an evil heart. This will be 
true of all others, living and dead, who become Israelites. 

4 : 1, 2. All nations shall bless themselves in becoming Israel's 
seed and all shall see God's glory, and not need to pass into death. 

8 : 14. An evidence that the world has ended. 

15 : 19 - 21. Fleshly Israel will stand before the Lord in the time 
of trouble and be delivered from all her enemies. By extension 
this will include millions of others now living. 

16 : 15, 18. Evidence that the world has ended. 

16 : 19. The nations will all come to Israel to learn the truth 
in the new age, that they may live. 

18 : 7, 8. Any nation that shall repent may be spared from the 
evil prophesied against it. 

23 : 3, 4. Evidences that the world has ended. 

24 : 6, 7. Israel (and others with him) shall be builded and not 
pulled down, planted and not plucked up. 

25 : 11, 12. A reference to the seventy jubilees that must pass 
over Israel before they really enter the promised land. These 3,500 
years began with the entrance into Canaan in the spring of 1575 
B. C. and will end in the spring of 1925 A. D. That is to say, the 
last year will be a jubilee year and the last year of the 3,500 years 
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29 : 14. Evidences that the world has ended. 

30 : 3. Evidences that the world has ended. 
30 : 18. Evidences that the world has ended. 

30 : 23. Evidences that the world has ended. 

31 : 6 - 12. Evidences that the world has ended. 

31 : 15 - 17. When Rachel's children return from the land of 
the enemy there will be millions of other children that need not die. 

31 : 29, 30. None will die except those who sin wilfully. 

31 : 34 - 37. All shall know the Lord. The nation of Israel shall 
never cease from being a nation. 

32 : 39, 40. The people will have one heart and one way and 
God will not cease to do them good. 

33 : 1 - 14. Millions now living will never die. 
46 : 16. Evidence of the end of the world. 

46 : 27, 28. Israel, and by extension the world, shall be in rest, 
at ease and no longer afraid of going into death. 

49 : 11. Certain ones are to be preserved alive in the evil time. 

50 : 4, 5. God's perpetual covenant with Israel, and by extension 
the world, looks to the time when death will end. 

LAMENTATIONS 

3 : 52 - 56. Evidence that the world has ended. 

EZEKIEL 

1 : 15. Evidence that the world has ended. 

2 : 3, 9. Evidence that the world has ended. 

3 : 15, 21. Evidence that the world has ended. 
4 : 5, 6. Evidence that the world has ended. 
7 : 16, 19. Evidence that the world has ended. 
S : 3. Evidence that the world has ended. 

9 : 2. Evidence that the world has ended. 

11 : 17 - 19. Evidence that the world has ended, also of God's 
purpose to recreate fleshly Israel, and by extension the world, in 
righteousness to the end that they need not die. 

14 : 21. Evidence that the world has ended. 

16 : 53 - 63. God's promised recovery of the Sodomites out of 
death and to righteousness argues that millions living need never die. 

18 : 1 - 32. This entire chapter contains direct evidence that the 
time will come when none will need to die. 

20 : 33 - 44. Evidence that the world has ended, also of God's 
purpose to turn his smile of favor and hence of life to fleshly Israel 
and, by extension, to the world. 

21 : 15, 25 - 27, 31. Evidence that the world has ended. 

24 : 16. Evidence that the world has ended. 

28 : 26. The people are to dwell with no fear of death. 

33 : 11 - 16. Direct evidence that the time will come when men 
shall live and not die. 

33 : 22. Evidence that the world has ended. 

34 : 25 - 28. The people shall dwell safely and not fear death. 

36 : 26 - 30, 35 - 38. When the people receive their new hearts 
and the attendant blessings none will longer need to go into death. 

37 : 21 - 2S. Evidence that the world has ended, because we see 
the regathering progress ; also of God's purpose to bless the Israel- 
ites with everlasting peace from all their enemies, including the 
greatest of enemies, death. This, by extension, goes to all the world. 

38 : 23. When the nations know God they will no longer die. 

39 : 13 - 15, 29. When the Lord is exalted in the end of Jacob's 
trouble the remnant will not need to go into death. 

47 : 9. This story about the river of life shows that when it 
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DANIEL 

2 : 34, 35. Evidences of the end of the world. 
2 : 44, 45. The kingdom of life, when established, will be unend- 
ing. None living then need ever die. 

5 : 25, 26. Evidence that the world has ended. 

7 : 26, 27. The dominion of papal power has been taken away 
and is being consumed, and about to be destroyed. To take its 
place we are shortly to have an everlasting dominion under the 
whole heavens which will bless all the obedient with life everlasting. 

8 : 25. The papal beast is now standing up against the Prince 
of princes and is immediately to be broken without hand. The 
world has ended ; his power is forever at an end. 

12 : 1, 4, 12. Evidence that the world has ended. 

HO SEA 

2 : 13. Evidence that the world has ended. 

2 : 14, 15. A door of hope is opened that the world may not die. 

2 : 18 - 23. When the people are betrothed to the Lord in faith- 
fulness they will no longer go into death. 

3 : 5. When men fear the Lord and his goodness it shows such 
a heart relationship as will make their continuous life assured. 

6 : 1, 2. Chronological evidence that the world has ended, and 
that the time for continuous life is here. 

6 : 9. Evidence that the world has ended. 

8 : 8 - 10. Evidence that the world has ended. 

10 : 12. When the Lord rains righteousness upon the people it 
will reach the living of mankind first. 

13 : 14. Death is to be destroyed out of the earth. 

JOEL 

1 : 15. Evidence that the world has ended. 
2 : 2. Evidence that the world has ended. 

2 : 23 - 32. When the Lord pours out his spirit upon all flesh 
none then living need ever die. 

3 : 9, 10. Evidence that the world has ended. 

AMOS 

5 : 4. A direct statement that some need never die. 

5:8. A direct statement that God will turn the shadow of death 
into the morning and that hence many now living need never die. 

5 : 14, 15. A remnant is promised the gift of continued life. 

8 : 11, 12. Evidence that the world has ended. 

9:11-15. Israel (and so the world) is to plant vineyards and 
eat the fruit and not to be pulled up any more, not even by death. 

OBADIAH 

17-21. When the saviors come up on Mount Zion they will 
save Israel and all the world from death and every evil thing. 

JONAH 

3:4. An evidence that the world has ended. 

3 : 10. Repentance is the way to life. Some may find this way. 

4 : 11. This preservation of Nineveh from destruction fitly rep- 
resents the passing over of some in the end of this age. 

MICAH 

1:2-4. Evidences that the world has ended. 
3 : 6, 7. This prophetic blindness of the clergy has come to pass. 
4:1-8. They shall sit under their own vines and fig trees, no 
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MICAH 

7 : 10 - 20. God will pass by the transgression of the remnant 
of the heritage ; they need not die ; a direct statement. 

NAHUM 

1 : 15. When the wicked are cut off others will be spared. 
2:3-6. Evidence that the world has ended. 

HABAKKUK 

1 : 12. "We shall not die." 

2 : 1. Evidence that the world has ended. 

2 : 14. When the earth is thus filled with the knowledge of God 
none will longer need to die. 

3:2-6. In the day of wrath God will remember mercy. 

3 : 12 - 16. When the earth is filled with the knowledge of the 
love of God none will longer need to die. 

ZEPHANIAH 

1 : 14 - 17. Evidence that the world has ended. 

2 : 2, 3. Some will be hid in the day of the Lord's anger. 

2 : 11. All false gods will be destroyed ; the people will all serve 
the true God and not need to go into death. 

3:8- 20. This entire passage is all in sympathetic harmony 
with the thought that millions now living will never die. 

HAGGAI 

2 : 7. The desire of all nations is life ; and it will come. 
ZECHARIAH 

2 : 10 - 13. The Lord will dwell in the midst of the people, bring- 
ing the blessing of life for which they long. 

3 : 10. When every man loves his neighbor as himself none will 
need to die. 

8 : 3 - 15. Blessings promised to the remnant of the people. 

8 : 21 - 23. Evidence that the world has ended. 

9 : 9 - 12. Chronological evidence that the world has ended. 

9 : 16, 17. When the prisoners of hope are saved the salvation 
will also extend to those in the prison yard as well as in the tombs. 

10 : 8 - 12. Israel (and so all the world) is redeemed and is to be 
restored and strengthened and to live with her children. 

13 : 8, 9. The third part is to be brought through the fire. 

14 : 8 - 11. When the Lord is king over all the earth none will 
longer need to die. There shall be no more utter destruction. 

14 : 16 - 20. When holiness is so general in the earth that men 
are glad to travel with signs on their harnesses "Holiness unto the 
Lord" the time for death will have passed. 

MALACHI 

1 : 11. When in every place heart adoration is offered unto the 
Lord none will longer need to die. 

3:1-3. Evidence that the world has ended. 

3 : 7, 16 - 18. There is coming a day when the world will turn 
about and see things from the divine viewpoint, and cease dying. 

4:1-6. Evidence that the world has ended and that millions 
now living will "grow up as calves of the stall". 

MATTHEW 

5 : 1. The meek shall inherit the earth ; they shall not die. 

7 : 27. Evidence that the world has ended. 

8 : 11. The living shall participate in the kingdom. 

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11 : 28. The weary, heavy laden world will find rest in the new 
king. They will be no longer burdened by the fear of death. 

12 : 20. The work of the judgment day, now begun, is for the 
very purpose of preventing the utter extinguishment of life. 

13 : 48. Evidence that the world has ended. 

17 : 11. Evidence that the world has ended. 

18 : 11. The Son of man came to save the dying world, not to 
destroy. When he reigns death is no more. 

19 : 16. The privilege of living on into the new era will be pos- 
sible for those who take advantage of the means then open. 

19 : 30. Many who are last upon the earth prior to the kingdom 
will be first to be blessed. 

20 : 8, 16. Evidence that the world has ended. 

20 : 28. A ransom for all means an opportunity for all and 
this will be granted to both the living and the dead in his due time. 

22 : 11, 13. Evidence that the world has ended. 

22 : 32. God is a god of the living and when his time comes to 
give life to the dead he will surely not overlook those then living. 

24 : 1 - 51. Entire chapter is evidence that the world has ended. 
25 : 5. Evidence that the world has ended. 

25 : 19. Evidence that the world has ended. 

25 : 31, 32, 46. The living, as well as the dead, will share in 
this classification and in the promised reward of eternal life. 

26 : 28. When the blood is applied on behalf of the many, 
millions now living need never die. 

MARK 

3 : 26. Evidence that the world has ended. 

9 : 12. Evidence that the world has ended. 

10 : 31. Many who are last upon earth prior to the kingdom will 
be first to be blessed. 

13 : 10. Evidence that the world has ended. 
13 : 19. Evidence that the world has ended. 

13 : 20. The days will be shortened and some flesh will be saved. 

LUKE 

2 : 10, 14, 22. The glad tidings of life will be to all people, 
living and dead, when the due time has come. 

3:7- 11. These warnings to fleshly Israel are appropriate to be 
given now to nominal spiritual Israel in the end of their age. 

11 : 2. The doing of God's will on earth as it is done in heaven 
implies that death will some time be no more. 

12 : 32. Those who are to be saved with the Heavenly salvation 
will be but a little flock, but they shall have myriads of subjects. 

13 : 28 - 30. The living shall participate in the kingdom. 

15 : 11 - 32. The parable of the prodigal son shows the world's 
recovery from sin and death, beginning with those now living. 

17 : 26 - 30. Evidence that the world has ended ; also, Noah and 
Lot did not die in their times of trouble. 

18 : 8. Evidence that the world has ended. 

19 : 10. The Lord comes at his second advent to give life to 
those he redeemed at his first advent. 

19 : 27. Those who are willing the king shall reign over them 
will not be slain. 

21 : 24, 25, 29 - 33. Evidence that the world has ended. 

JOHN 

1:4-9. Every man that ever lived is to be enlightened and, 
appropriately, this enlightenment Avill begin with the living. 
3 : 15, 16. It is not God's will that any should perish. 
4 : 36. Evidence that the world has ended. 



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5 : 25 - 29. When all that are in their graves hear his voice and 
come forth none will lonser need to die. 

6 : 5, 47 - 51. 58. This great multitude that was fed with literal 
bread represents the world, living and dead, that will be given life. 

5 : 51. 52. Some will never taste of death. 

10 : 10. Christ has come that they may have life, not death. 
11 : 25, 26. At the proper time, those believing shall never die. 

12 : 32. All men, living and dead, are to be drawn to the Lord. 
17:2. Christ's power over all flesh will result in eternal life to 

living as well as dead. 

21 : 4, 5. 6. In the morning of the Millennial day there will be 
a ffreat ingathering both of the living and the dead. 

ACTS 

1 : 6. When the kingdom is restored to Israel death will end. 
2:16- 21. Evidence that the world has ended and that millions 

who call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved from death. 

3:19- 21. Times of refreshing accompany the times of restitution. 

7 : 23, 30, 36. Chronological evidence that the world has ended. 
. 7 : 37. A reference to the great Deliverer of living and dead. 

10 : 42, 43. During the judgment day, now here, the Lord will 
judge (uplift and bless) both" the living and the dead. 

13 : 38, 39. The forgiveness and justification here referred to will 
be operative toward both the living and the dead. 

13 : 4.. The Lord will be the salvation of all, living and dead. 

15 : 13 - IS. After the people for the Lord's name have been 
selected and his ruined kingdom has been reestablished in the 
earth, the ultimate purpose, "the blessing of the residue of men, 
living and dead, with the gift of life, will be manifested. 

17 : 30, 31. A ble>sed assurance to the living and the dead. 

24 : 15. This restanding of the unjust for which the apostle 
hoped will be operative toward the living as well as the dead. 

EOMAXS 

2 : 10. These blessings coming to the Jews and afterwards to 
the Gentiles will be for the living as well as the dead. 

3 : 26. The Lord Jesus will be justifier of living as well as dead. 
5:17- 19. When the "many'-' are made righteous it will include 

the living as well as the dead. 

6 : 23. This gift of God will be extended to the living as well as 
the dead when the New Covenant goes into operation. 

8 : 5. The law could not give life to the weak Jews but Jesus 
can do so. and. by extension, to all, living and dead. 

5 : 19 - 23. When the creation ceases to groan, as a result of the 
manifestation of the sons of God, Jesus and his body-members, the 
blessings then due will be for both living and dead. 

10 : 13 - 21. When the message of the gospel does go into all 
the world and when Israel does know the truth, as herein prophe- 
sied, all who shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 

11 : 26 - 32. When all Israel is saved the salvation will extend 
to others, living and dead, as they come under the New Covenant. 

16 : 20. When Satan is bruised under the feet of the Christ, 
salvation will follow to all the living and the dead. 

1. CORIXTHIAXS 

6 : 2. When the saints judge the world (for their uplifting) this 
judging work will begin with the living and, in a sense, now is. 

15 : 20 - 23. When the due time for all to be made alive is here 
it will not be longer necessary for any to go into death. 

2. CORIXTHTAXS 

5 : 15. Christ died for all and the blessings of his ransom price 
will be extended to all, living and dead. 



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5 : 18 - 20. When, as a result of the world's trespasses being 
imputed to our Lord, he offers them the gift of life under the New- 
Covenant, that gift will be for the living as well as the dead. 

GALATIANS 
3 : 8. When all the nations are blessed the living will participate. 
3 : 29. The promise is that all the nations shall be blessed. 

EPHBSIANS 
1 : 10 - 14. When Christ gathers together all the earthly things 
in himself it will include the living as well as the dead. All 
mankind are his purchased possession. 

PHILIPPIANS 
2:9- 11. When every knee bows and every tongue confesses that 
Jesus Christ is Lord of his heart death will be no more. 

3 : 21. When God subdues all men, bringing them unto himself, 
his work will include the living, as well as the dead. 

COLOSSIANS 

1 : 20. It is God's purpose to reconcile to himself all men. 

1. THESSALONIANS 

4 : 16. This is a shout of encouragement for both living and dead. 

5 : 3, 4. Evidence that the world has ended. 

2. THESSALONIANS 

1 : 9, 10. The Lord will be admired by the whole world, living 
and dead, in his Millennial day, now at hand. 
2:3-9. Evidences that the world has ended. 

1. TIMOTHY 
2:3-6. When Christ Jesus' due time has come that his ransom 
be testified to all men, it will reach the living first. 
4:1-3. Evidence that the world has ended. 
4:9- 11. God is the savior of all, living and dead. 

2. TIMOTHY 

2 : 20. When the earthen vessels in God's great house of the 
universe are being put in order the work will begin with those living. 

3 : 1 - 5, 9. Evidence that the world has ended. 
4:1-4. Evidence that the world has ended. 

TITUS 

2 : 11 - 14. When God's grace that brings salvation to all men 
appears to the world it will come first to the living. 

HEBREWS 

2:7-9. The original plan is to be carried out. The first feature 
or step toward the carrying out of the plan is the death of Jesus 
as man's ransom price. The return of the dominion will follow. 

6 : 2. During the "age-lasting judgment" day referred to in this 
text the first to be blessed will be the living. 

7 : 19 - 27. The old Law Covenant brought perfect life to none, 
but the new Law Covenant will accomplish what the first could not. 

8 : 6, 10. Another reference to the better covenant. See above. 

9 : 7. The typical offering on behalf of all the people of Israel 
represented Christ's offering for all the people, living and dead. 

9 : 26 - 28. The first to "look for him" will be the living, fol- 
lowed, every man in his own order, by all the dead. 

10 : 16. The rewriting of the law of love in the hearts of men 
will begin with the living first. 



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11 : 39, 40. An earthly salvation is provided for some, and obvi- 
ously will be first presented to those living when it has arrived. 

12 : 22 - 27. Evidence that the world has ended. 

JAMES 
5:1-5. Evidence that the world has ended. 

1. PETER 

2 : 12. The day of visitation of the world will be the Millennial 
day and the first ones thus "visited" will be the living. 

2. PETER 

3 : 1 - 13. Evidence that the world has ended. 

1. JOHN 

2 : 2. Inasmuch as Jesus' death was the propitiation or satisfac- 
tion for the sins of the whole world it follows that the whole 
world, living and dead, have a direct interest in it and will share 
the gift of life thereby pui chased. These blessings will be avail- 
able to both the living and the dead, and to the living first. 

2 : 17, 18. Evidence that the world has ended. 

JUDE 

6, 17, 18. Evidence that the world has ended. 
REVELATION 

1 : 18. Our Lord has the key of death for a purpose, and that 
purpose is to unlock the prison-house, both for those already in 
the prison itself and those in the courtyard of the prison, those 
in the grave and those on the way thither. 

4 : 10. These elders may now be discerned in this very act. 

5 : 10. God's kingdom is to be reestablished in the earth and its 
subjects will be the living and the dead — the living first. 

6 : 12 - 17. Evidence that the world has ended. 
8 : 1. Evidence that the world has ended. 
10 : 3, 7. Evidence that the world has ended. 
11 : 17, 18. Evidence that the world has ended. 

14 : 6, 10, 20. Evidence that the world has ended. 

15 : 3. Evidence that the world has ended. 

15:4. This promise to all nations will be to the living first. 

15 : 6. Evidence that the world has ended. 

16 : 13 - 21. Evidence that the world has ended. 

17 : 12 - 18. Evidence that the world has ended. 

18 : 1 - 24. Evidence that the world has ended. 
20 : 3. Evidence that the world has ended. 

20 : 12. This trial of the world will be for the benefit of those 
dead in trespasses and sins as well as those actually dead. 

20 : 13. The sea here apparently is a symbolic sea, and seemingly 
offers direct evidence that the first to be reached by the kingdom 
blessings will be those who have been through the time of trouble. 

21 : 1 - 7. Evidence that the world has ended and that millions 
now living wil| never die. 

21 : 24. This bringing of the nations into light and life will be 
for the living nations first. 

22 : 2, 3. The healing of the nations will be for the living nations 
first. When the curse is removed none will longer need to die. 

22 : 17. When the spirit and the bride say, Come, they will say it 
first to those then living and subsequently to all mankind. There 
is every reason to believe that, when the due time has come for 
the bride to extend this message to mankind, none of those who 
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